Hi, Rachel, I’m sure you’ve seen all sorts of ways...

The correct romanization is ke-ilu. אילו appears in the dictionary as an entry 
unto itself, making it the “more analytical” option referred to in HCM-RDA on 
p. 19 at the bottom, section “Little words,”

“In the few cases where Even-Shoshan may show the same word under more than one 
entry element, the more ‘analytical’ option is chosen. For example, the Hebrew 
form of “In the beginning” or “Genesis” is entered in his lexicon under both 
bet and resh. Choosing the analytical option results in hyphenation: Be-reshit 
[not: Bereshit]”

Since the alef is at the beginning of the word אילו, there is no diacritic 
added before the i. => ke-ilu.

I will add this word to our FAQ. Thanks, Jasmin

From: Heb-naco <heb-naco-bounces+jshino=pobox.upenn....@lists.osu.edu> On 
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Subject: [Heb-NACO] romanization question

How is  כאילו   romanized? I saw several ways.

Thanks,

Rachel
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