That may be what you see. Myself, every time I look at it, I see an orphaned Hiriq without a consonant. It is normally placed in between the Lamed and the Mem, to make certain the point isn't missed (a pun).
Jony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 7:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Major Defect in Combining Classes of Tibetan > Vowels (Hebrew) > > > Jony Rosenne wrote on 06/26/2003 06:26:02 AM: > > > It may look, silly, but it is correct. What you see are letters > according to > > the writing tradition, which does not include a Yod, and vowels > according to > > the reading tradition which does. > > I understand that. My point was, you were talking about > phonology, but in > terms of the text, it was not correct: there *are* multiple > vowels on a > single consonant. > > > > There are in the Bible other, more extreme > > cases. > > I'd be interested on whatever info you can provide in that regard. > > > > > I don't think we need any new characters, ZERO WIDTH SPACE would do > > and > it > > requires no new semantics. > > No, that's a terrible solution: a space creates unwanted word > boundaries. > > > > Moreover, everybody who knows his Hebrew Bible > > knows the Yod is there although it isn't written. > > But the point is, how to people encode the text? The yod is > not there in > the text. How does a publisher encode text in the typesetting > process? How > do researchsers encode the text they want to analyze? Saying, > "everybody > knows there's a yod there" doesn't provide a solution, > particular given > that the researchers know in point of fact that the consonantal text > explicitly does not include a yod. > > > > > The Meteg is a completely different issue. There is a small > number of > places > > were the Meteg is placed differently. Since it does not behave the > > same > as > > the regular Meteg, and is thus visually distinguishable, it > should be > > possible to add a character, as long as it is clearly named. > > That is a potential solution, thought it would have to be > *two* additional > metegs. > > > > - Peter > > > -------------------------------------------------------------- ------------- > Peter Constable > > Non-Roman Script Initiative, SIL International > 7500 W. Camp Wisdom Rd., Dallas, TX 75236, USA > Tel: +1 972 708 7485 > > > >
