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<p class="MsoNormal">Or maybe yes…<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What the heck is the right form for <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
ááéä"ñ </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> ??<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m seeing so many different forms.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Be-vet ha-s.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Be-b.y.h.s<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">be-ve. ha-s. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And sometimes it is simply spelled out as “be-vet ha-sefer”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Uri<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Uri Kolodney</span><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Hebrew & Jewish Studies Librarian / Acting Librarian for Russian & Slavic Studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">University of Texas Libraries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The University of Texas at Austin<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">PCL 2.300 | Mail Code S5440 | PO Box P Austin, TX 78713-8916<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Phone: 512-495-4399 | Fax: </span>
<span style="color:#44546A">512-495-4410</span> <span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:kolodney@austin.utexas.edu"><span style="color:blue">kolodney@austin.utexas.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/judaica/index.html"><span style="color:blue">www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/judaica/index.html</span></a>
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