1. Can you, Isaac, provide the exact place of the rule of the Academy stating that "herayon" (Rt 4:13) has to be written "HYRAYON" (namely with included yod) in the hasar haniqud?
2. Remark that the proposal of a reform of the Hebrew script came from a member of a quite "orthodox" institution, the Academy of the Hebrew Language. Regards, Pere Porta 2011/4/18 Isaac Fried <[email protected]> > Yes! In Rt 1:7 IMAH has a dagesh in the M instead of a yod. In Rt 1:18 > ITAH has a dagesh in the T instead of a yod. In 1Sm 1:13 LIBH has a dagesh > in the B instead of a yod. > > I find the spelling אימא with a yod not only offensive, but also an insult > to the human intelligence. > > The occasional "debates" within the Israeli society about reforming the > Hebrew script are exercises in futility; orthodoxy will never allow it. > > There is this interesting instance of the spelling of HERAYON, 'pregnency', > that the Hebrew "Academy" "mandates" should be written HYRAYON with a yod, > an "edict" routinely spurned by the public. > > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > > On Apr 18, 2011, at 2:11 AM, Pere Porta wrote: > > Isaac, > > I remark in you some rebellion or disdain or contempt of the "official" > spellings. > > You should deepen more into these "official" spellings, namely those of the > Academy of the Hebrew Language (and not those of Wikipedia). > > In the hasar haniqud, )M) takes a yud -)YM)-, yes. > > But (MH (Rt 1:7), )TH (Rt 1:18); LBH (1Sm 1:13) and many others take NO > yud. > > We all -me, Pere, included- need a cure of humility, Isaac. > > Concerning you proposal of keeping the dagesh even in the usual unpointed > Israeli script, have you followed these last times the debate on the Reform > of the Hebrew writing, which debate was born just inside the Academy and was > started by M. Mishor ( himself a member of the Academy)? > > Heartly, > > Pere Porta > (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) > > > > -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
