Hi leonard,
I'm no expert in Hebrew, so you're going to need to explain to me more
carefully what exactly the problem is.
Thanks,
Josh Estelle
Senior Software Engineer
Google Translate
On Mar 4, 4:57 pm, leonard wrote:
> I have been working on Hebrew to English and vice-versa for many years
> now. This is the first time I have ever seen the translations your
> typewriten reveals? For example, pe = F; Hebrew does not contain F in
> its twenty-two original letters; moreover, pe = Jeff in that
> typewriter with a different symbol? Likewise, the typewriter has two
> symbols for zadik which read in the ancient tzaddi? I know that modern
> Hebrew has been improving its interpretations but at the expense of
> destroying the ancient interpretations. For example, another symbol
> for kuf/kalp = bible? Hello; it THE TORAH; BIBLE IS GREEK! HELP ME OUT
> HERE I NEED THE ANCIENT LETTERS AS THEY WERE NOT AS OTHERS WOULD HAVE
> THEM. THAT IS:
> aleph [oz] (')
> beth [house] (b)
> gimel [camel] (g)
> dalet [door] (d) Canaanite also has "fish'
> he (h)
> vav/waw (v) (w) and sometimes (u)
> zayin (z)
> heth (h) or, at times [cheth] (ch)
> teth (t) not in Canaanite alphabet
> yod [arm] (y)
> kalp [hand] [k] also, at times, kaf ?
> lamed [ox goad] [l]
> mem [water] [m]
> nun [fish] [n] Canaanite also has "nans" =
> "snake"
> samekh [s]
> 'ayin [eye] [']
> pe [p]
> tzaddi tz] others [ts] but also not in
> Canaanite alphabet
> qoph [back of the head] [q] (here you have shin = q]?
> resh [head] [r] Canaanite also has rosh
> shin [tooth] [sh] Canaanite also has thann here
> which = [bow]
> tau [mark] [t] perhaps as in the Mark on
> Cain/kain
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