--- In [email protected], "hebrewsister" <hebrewsis...@...> wrote: > > I was wondering how necessary is it to know the vowel marks under the letters > if it is a new thing? > > Is it possible to learn to read Hebrew without them? I mean, How did they > learn it before? > > Bayadwa > All the answers given are some what factual, however, the "vowel" marks did not exist until about the 9th century AD and were added to use the Text as a spoken language.
The Text, as we see in the "dead Sea Scrolls" did not have these "marks". The "ancient-hebrew" text was originally in "PICTURES" which did not need "VOWEL" marks. So I find these marks to be somewhat distracting and even sometimes misleading. The Text was meant to be seen (Read) and not Just Read out loud. Rich AHRC
