Aeon418
Do you spell that with a Teth or a Tau?But, if we're really getting down and dirty, in a discussion about the letters of Keter I would use KTR, since Hebrew has no vowels.
KTR or KThR.
Do you spell that with a Teth or a Tau?But, if we're really getting down and dirty, in a discussion about the letters of Keter I would use KTR, since Hebrew has no vowels.
The letter Yod can be transliterated as either I or Y (and even J). It's the sound that is important. The spelling of a transliteration is more like a sound-picture than a real word.He has many examples of what you're talking about (he spells Beth "BYTh" in the numerical correspondences section), but otherwise seems to mingle both approaches.
Do you spell that with a Teth or a Tau?
KTR or KThR.
The letter Yod can be transliterated as either I or Y (and even J). It's the sound that is important. The spelling of a transliteration is more like a sound-picture than a real word.
Believe it or not but the letter Beth itself is sometimes pronounced like a soft V. Thus words like "Geburah" actually sound like "Gevurah". The Hebrew spelling is GBVRH, so I prefer the phonetically incorrect Geburah to avoid confusion.
The other one I often wonder about is "Ch-" as in "Is it "K" or is it "Ch"? Or is it either one in different contexts?
Zeph might be able to describe it better than I can.
How about listening to some Hebrew music?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1S5kM8nMLY
Ken hayu ele CHaim tovim... (yes, that was the good life...)
That's how it sounds. Very much like the German CH after dark vocals (ach, och, uch).