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From: meth@csd2.UUCP (Asher Meth)
Newsgroups: net.religion.jewish
Subject: Re: Stop the anglo-saxon hebrew!!
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Date: Wed, 3-Apr-85 15:26:00 EST
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[Yitzhak Ornstein writes :]
>As an adult, currently studying Hebrew in an Ulpan, I would prefer
>to read the transliterated hebrew in "miftah Yisraelit." 

A side point. "Miftah Yisraelit" should be "MiVtah Yisraelit".
Similarly, "saftah" should be "saVtah", "Rifkah" should be "RiVkah".
This is a common mistake in modern spoken hebrew.
Another common error in modern spoken hebrew is the dropping of the letter
"hey", especially when the vowel under it is a "patach". This can be very
problematic in the Torah reading if the reader drops his "hey"s and reads it
as if it said "alef" with a "patach".

The word "mivtah" may come from the root "bituy" (suggested by Pinchas Klahr),
as found in the Torah, in parshas Vayikrah - "levatei bisfasayim".

Chag Kasher Vesameiach to all.

               asher meth
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