[Heb-NACO] vocalizing a word question

Tue Jul 25 09:45:58 EDT 2017

So according to our rules (if there is a Tsere under the Dalet), we have to
romanize it as Det.
Am I correct?

Yossi

Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschläger
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On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 9:27 AM, Gottschalk, Haim <hgot at loc.gov> wrote:

> According to an email correspondence with the Academy of the Hebrew
> Language:
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> “The word דייט is vocalized with צירי under the דל"ת and (silent) שווא
> under the יו"ד, thus:  דֵּיְט.”
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> And a follow up email
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> “the שווא under the יו"ד, though silent, is there to indicate that the יו"
> ד *is* pronounced -- i.e., to indicate the diphthong "ey" ("deyt").
>  "Native" Hebrew words, by comparison, never have a שווא under a יו"ד
> that follows צירי (compare -בֵּית = "be*t*").”
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> Haim
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> *From:* Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+hgot=loc.gov at lists.osu.edu] *On
> Behalf Of *Janet Shamir
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 25, 2017 9:06 AM
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> *To:* Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
> *Subject:* Re: [Heb-NACO] vocalizing a word question
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> Rav-Milim and Morfix normalize it to דֵּיְט, with a Sheva under the Yod
> which indicates that it's consonantal. This is in accordance with the
> transliteration rules of the Academy of the Hebrew Language for foreign
> names (which do not necessarily apply for loan words, but are often used
> for them). In the case of a word without nikkud, those rules require a
> double Yod to indicate the original pronunciation.
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> A double-Yod is common in loan words, such as  טייפor דייט, as a
> transliteration of the diphthong EY.
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> They are pronounced with a double Sheva at the end, both silent, as two
> consequent Shevaim at the end of a word are always quiescent.
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> In my opinion, Yiddish Romanization should only be used for Yiddish words,
> since "a distinctively Yiddish name in a Hebrew context may be romanized as
> Yiddish" (hence, a name/word which is not distinctively Yiddish may not be
> Romanized as such).
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> If the Romanization attempts to represent the sound of the Hebrew words as
> they are pronounced by modern Israeli speakers, then loan words which
> contain a double Yod should be Romanized according to this pronunciation.
>
> According to the ALA/LC Romanization rules, the Yod in Hebrew is Romanized
> as "y" only when it is followed by a vowel. However, the form daiṭ would be
> vocalized as (IPA) /daɪt/ instead of /deɪt/.
>
> Thus, I would Romanize טייפ  and  דייט as ṭeip and  deiṭ, and words with
> the diphthong AY, such as בייט (byte) or טיים  (time), as baiṭ and ṭaim,
> as the diphthong  is Romanization in ALA-LC Romanization rules.
>
> Sometimes,  יי is used in loan words as part of the Hebrew
> transliteration of "-tion", in which case they are pronounced (and in my
> opinion, should be Romanized as) "shen":  פרוטקשיין, קונקשיין, קולקשיין  (protection,
> connection and collection).
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> As for using Rav-Milim, I think it is a reliable source for the
> vocalization of contemporary Hebrew and loan words. Its editors can be
> contacted online with questions/corrections.
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> Their policy is described here:
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> http://www.ravmilim.co.il/adv/general/index.htm#m
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> ---
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> Janet Shamir
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> Hebrew Cataloging Department
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> National Library of Israel
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> *From:* Heb-naco [mailto:heb-naco-bounces+janet.shamir=nli.org.il at lists.
> osu.edu <heb-naco-bounces+janet.shamir=nli.org.il at lists.osu.edu>] *On
> Behalf Of *Heidi G Lerner
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 20, 2017 11:37 PM
> *To:* Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
> *Subject:* Re: [Heb-NACO] vocalizing a word question
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> mea culpa:
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> in Rav-Milim and Morfix דייט has been normalized to דיט, so it should be
> romanized as "deṭ'
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> I would like propose that we adopt Rav-Milim as another stanford for
> romanization/vocalization for the more contemporary words that have entered
> the Hebrew language since E-S' last edition of 2007 and do not appear there
> or in Alcalay.
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> i believe that we talked about this in years gone by.
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> Heidi G. Lerner
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> Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica
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> Metadata Dept.
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> Stanford University Libraries
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> Stanford, CA 94305-6004
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> ph: 650-725-9953 <(650)%20725-9953>
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> e-mail: lerner at stanford.edu
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> *From:* Heb-naco <heb-naco-bounces at lists.osu.edu> on behalf of Yossi
> Galron <jgalron at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 20, 2017 1:31 PM
> *To:* Hebrew Name Authority Funnel
> *Subject:* Re: [Heb-NACO] vocalizing a word question
>
>
>
> Our rule is that it should be Dait  (two Yods are "ai")
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> Yossi
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> Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschläger
> E-Mail: galron.1 at osu.edu  or jgalron at gmail.com
> Tel.: (614) 292-3362,  Fax: (614)292-1918 <(614)%20292-1918>
> Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature: http://go.osu.edu/hebrewlit
>
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> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 4:28 PM, Gottschalk, Haim <hgot at loc.gov> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues:
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>
> How would you vocalize דייט? I could not the word in the dictionaries,
> nor find it vocalized in worldcat, nor on the internet. The word is
> pronounced as “date” as going out on a date. I have Romanized it as “deyit”.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Haim
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