About Hazzan Linda Sue Sohn
About Hazzan Linda Sue Sohn
2011 Master's Thesis
New Orthographic Methods For Teaching Novice Hebrew Readers
Quick links to thesis chapters:
Chapter 6. Classical Hebrew Text Appearance For Novice Readers
6.4 -- Proposed Formatting Standard
6.4.7 -- Macro 7: No Vowels On Tetragrammaton
The tetragrammaton of
יהוה (yud‑hay‑vav‑hay)
that represents God's name in Hebrew can present a challenge
to novice Hebrew readers, who often forget that this special
sequence is vocalized as "A-do-nai" (or sometimes "E-lo-him").
By removing the nekudot
from the tetragrammaton, the novice reader will be reminded
of this special pronunciation exception because there are no
vowels to inadvertently process.
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Remove nekudot from the tetragrammaton
that is vocalized as "A-do-nai",
but keep it's ta'am in place.
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Remove nekudot from the tetragrammaton
that is vocalized as "E-lo-him",
but keep it's ta'am in place.