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Chapter Contents Hebrew Script Biblical Hebrew Transliteration Modern Hebrew Hebrew Vowels Hebrew Numbers Tanach Differences Book Development A deeper understanding of the message of the Bible requires a deeper understanding of the original Hebrew from which the Bible was translated. There is confusion, which is caused by difficulty in accurately translating Biblical Hebrew. There is additional truth revealed when a deeper study includes examing the Biblical Hebrew. This task is not easy but the results are worth the effort. 15 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. II Timothy 2:15 There are many excellent study tools available to increase your understanding of the Biblical Hebrew. Many free software tools are also commonly available. One of my favorite tools is "e-Sword", which is available online for a free download at http://www.e-sword.net. This program contains Strong's Hebrew Dictionary and a cross-reference between the words of the KJV and the Hebrew. There are many other valuable study tools in e-Sword. The online website http://www.blueletterbible.org contains even more detailed tools for bridging the gap between English and Hebrew. Along with Strong's Hebrew Dictionary and a cross-reference between the words of the KJV and the Hebrew, you can see the complete text of the Hebrew Bible verses. This book is another tool, which can be used with these tools to improve the understanding and research of the Biblical Hebrew. Take careful note of the terminology I am using. In this book I use the unqualified term Hebrew to refer to Biblical Hebrew. This is not the same thing as Modern Hebrew. I will discuss the differences later in detail. I also use the word Tanach, which is the word used by Judaism, to refer to the Hebrew Bible. When I use the word Bible I am specifically referring to what might be called the "Christian" or English Bible. This convention is critical to understand when talking about differences between the two. There will be those who will take great offense at what I have done. I am deeply saddened by this. I have chosen to follow the evidence rather than the traditions of men. I am reminded of the wrath of the church which came upon reformers such as Luther and Wycliffe when they translated the Bible into the common language of the people. It is more important to increase the knowledge and understanding of truth than to continue the traditions of men.

Hebrew Script The biggest study limitation I have found is the difficulty to readily recognize the letters of the Hebrew script. It is difficult enough to grow in understanding of a new language. It creates a special hurdle for the language to be in a completely unfamiliar foreign script. The difficulty is increased because the Hebrew language is read right to left instead of left to right as English and other Latin languages do. I have not yet found any study tool, which effectively bridges this major gap of understanding between English and Hebrew. This example illustrates the problem. This is the first few verses of the Bible in English and a more modern form of Hebrew similar to what is found on another website. http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0101.htm א בְּרֵאשִׁית, בָּרָא אֱלֹהִים, אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם, וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ.   1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. ב וְהָאָרֶץ, הָיְתָה תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ, וְחֹשֶׁךְ, עַל-פְּנֵי תְהוֹם; וְרוּחַ אֱלֹהִים, מְרַחֶפֶת עַל-פְּנֵי הַמָּיִם. 2 Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. ג וַיֹּאמֶר אֱלֹהִים, יְהִי אוֹר; וַיְהִי-אוֹר. 3 And God said: 'Let there be light.' And there was light. ד וַיַּרְא אֱלֹהִים אֶת-הָאוֹר, כִּי-טוֹב; וַיַּבְדֵּל אֱלֹהִים, בֵּין הָאוֹר וּבֵין הַחֹשֶׁךְ. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. ה וַיִּקְרָא אֱלֹהִים לָאוֹר יוֹם, וְלַחֹשֶׁךְ קָרָא לָיְלָה; וַיְהִי-עֶרֶב וַיְהִי-בֹקֶר, יוֹם אֶחָד. 5 And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And there was evening and there was morning, one day. I challenge you to be able to quickly recognize the repeated words and word forms in the Hebrew script. I have seen many valuable presentations, which are unnecessarily difficult because they are hampered by using the Hebrew script. There is nothing holy, inspired, or special about a script used to represent the letters of a language. There are many individuals who use the familiar Latin script of the English language to represent Hebrew words. This helps a lot but an unexpected problem appears. Different people use completely different Latin words and spellings to represent the same Hebrew word. Furthermore, the pronunciation is often skewed and disagrees.

Biblical Hebrew Transliteration It is important to distinguish between the process of translation and the process of transliteration. Translation substitutes complete words and phrases of one language for words and phrases which are intended to mean the same thing in another language. Transliteration is quite different because it substitutes individual letters of one language with corresponding letters which sound about the same in another language. The intent of transliteration is to indicate pronunciation and word forms not meaning. There are two distinctly different ways to perform Hebrew transliteration. In the typical method letters are substituted without any consideration for retaining any consistency of the relationship between letters of the two languages. Vowels are particularly difficult and especially in the Modern Hebrew where the existence of vowels in Hebrew has been denied and hidden. I have found the concept of a method which uses a direct one to one transliteration of the exact letters of the Hebrew script into appropriate corresponding Latin letters to be the most authoritative and effective method to increase my own understanding. Learning to recognize Hebrew words in a Latin script is much faster and simpler than recognizing them in Hebrew script. Being able to quickly recognize similarities in words is enhanced when using a transliterated Latin script. In most cases a single uppercase Latin letter is substituted for a single Hebrew letter. The typical English pronunciation of the Latin letter, except for the use of Spanish vowels, approximately matches the assumed Hebrew pronunciation. This assumed pronunciation is based on careful research described in greater detail in the book Sacred Name IAUA. When there is no appropriate Latin letter, two Latin letters are used. The second letter is a lowercase letter 'h' or 's'. The typical English pronunciation of the two Latin letters approximately matches the assumed Hebrew pronunciation. Please understand, every language has regional and chronological variations in pronunciation. I have no doubt the same was true of Hebrew. Modern Hebrew also has numerous variations. The pronunciation I am proposing for Hebrew is a reasonable approximation, which I believe is better than anything used today, based on the evidence from my research. I am no expert but I believe simple unbiased research easily disproves anything proposed today. You may certainly believe otherwise. This example illustrates the solution. This is the same first few verses of the Bible found in the previous section in English and transliterated Hebrew as found in this book. 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. E BREShITh BRE ELAIM ETh AShMIM UETh AERTs 2 The earth was without form and empty. Darkness covered the face of the deep. The Spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters. B UAERTs AIThA ThAU UBAU UChShK OL FNI ThAUM URUCh ELAIM MRChFTh OL FNI AMIM 3 God said, 'Let there be light.' There was light. G UIEMR ELAIM IAI EUR UIAI EUR 4 God saw the light, that it was good. God separated the light from the darkness. D UIRE ELAIM ETh AEUR KI TUB UIBDL ELAIM BIN AEUR UBIN AChShK 5 God called the light, Day. He called the darkness, Night. The evening and the morning were the first day. {P} A UIQRE ELAIM LEUR IUM ULChShK QRE LILA UIAI ORB UIAI BQR IUM EChD {F} Now I hope it is easier to see, for example, the repeated ELAIM which means GOD and EUR which means LIGHT. There are other similarities in the repeated words and word forms. The exact text is still there, just using familiar Latin letters. There is nothing holy, inspired, or special about a script used to represent a language. The truth is the script of the Tanach has changed several times. The earliest parts of the Tanach were written in a completely different script than were later parts. The modern Hebrew script is different than was ever originally used to write the Tanach.

Modern Hebrew One of the barriers to a better understanding of Hebrew is the major difference between Modern Hebrew and the Biblical Hebrew. This is complicated by the deliberate actions of the Jewish people to twist their language to hide the name of God. I discuss these issues in the book Sacred Name IAUA. The biggest stumbling block is the addition of the vowel points in the Masoretic Text about 600 AD. These did not exist in the original texts and completely distort the understanding because they promote the idea the Hebrew script did not contain vowels. This is completely false. This leads to the second major problem. The next problem I have found is the disagreement about how Hebrew is pronounced. It is difficult to discuss and remember words which you are unable to pronouce in a reliably consistent way. It is also inappropriate, in my view, based on my study, to use an obviously incorrect pronunciation. Therefore, I have created a parallel transliteration of the Tanach for study purposes. I have removed the vowel points which did not exist in the Biblical Hebrew. I have created a transliteration which is highly pronounceable and likely to be close to the original. This is the transliteration table I use.

Biblical Hebrew Transliteration
Script		Block		Number		Name		Latin		Sound
א		א		1		Alef		E		ai
ב		ב		2		Bet		B		b
ג		ג		3		Gimel		G		g
ד		ד		4		Dalet		D		d
ה		ה		5		He		A		ah
ו		ו		6		Vav		U		oo
ז		ז		7		Zayin		Z		z
ח		ח		8		Het		Ch		ch
ט		ט		9		Tet		T		t
י		י		10		Yod		I		ee
( כ ( ך		( כ ( ך		20		Kaf		K		k
ל		ל		30		Lamed		L		l
( מ ( ם		( מ ( ם		40		Mem		M		m
( נ ( ן		( נ ( ן		50		Nun		N		n
ס		ס		60		Samekh		S		s
ע		ע		70		Ayin		O		oh
( פ ( ף		( פ ( ף		80		Pe		F		f
( צ ( ץ		( צ ( ץ		90		Tsadi		Ts		ts
ק		ק		100		Qof		Q		kw
ר		ר		200		Resh		R		r
ש		ש		300		Shin		Sh		sh
ת		ת		400		Tav		Th		th

Hebrew Vowels I call this the IAUA transliteration. The biggest difference between this transliteration and others is the vowels. Other transliterations pretend there are no vowels and only consonants. The name of God consists of four vowels including three of the five vowels. This is my premise. The ancient Hebrew was much more regular than Modern Hebrew. I have seen a match of the pattern of vowel pronunciation in the Spanish language and others with Hebrew. I have used this pronunciation in my transliteration. English vowels have a dozen different pronunciations. In Spanish the five vowels have only one pronunciation each. My study of the patterns of Hebrew pronunciation have led me to conclude Hebrew uses the same pronunciations as Spanish. These are: Hebrew Vowel Pronunciation Vowel   Sound   English E 'ai' (long a) A 'ah' (short o) U 'oo' (long u) I 'ee' (long e) O 'oh' (long o) There appears to be one case of a vowel being left out of the Hebrew writing, which needs to be added for pronunciation. When the E would normally appear between two consonants by pronunciation, it is left out when written. E usually appears only at the beginning of a word or next to another vowel. Cases where you do find the vowel between two consonants appear to be because it is a compound word. An example is seen in the first two words of the Tanach "BREShITh BRE". It appears there is always a vowel between two consonants even though it is not shown. Example: the Hebrew word translated to the English word Adam (Genesis 2:20) is actually the same Hebrew word translated as man (Genesis 1:26) and the transliteration is EDM, or written with the missing vowel it is EDEM, which is pronounced 'aidaim'. I remind you, I am only a student of the Bible. I do not claim to be an expert. These observations are my understanding of what I see after rejecting the obvious errors which have been created by Jewish tradition. A careful pattern analysis of identical letters in various Hebrew words even in their modern pronunciation uncovers the truth they are vowels and not consonants. The exact truth is probably not known by anyone living but we can do what we can to seek the truth God reveals by the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

Hebrew Numbers This is another important fact about Hebrew. There are no numerals. Numbers are represented by the letters of the Hebrew alphabet. This is first observed in the numbering of the verses. The appropriate numbers are shown in the transliteration table. Larger numbers are created through an additive process. Example: E = 1 and I = 10, therefore 11 = IE. The Hebrew script has the letters reversed. The rules for a number larger than 499 are not consistent. Take note, there are some possibly confusing exceptions. For example, IA (10+5) and IU (10+6) are not acceptable as verse numbers because it is the name of God or sounds too close, so they use TU (9+6) and TZ (9+7) instead.

Tanach Differences There are differences between the Tanach and the Bible in the order and the divisions of the different books. The Table of Contents shows both orderings. There are also some differences with verse and chapter numbering between the Tanach and the Bible. This book generally follows the verse and chapter numbering of the Tanach. In Jewish tradition, the ascriptions to many Psalms are regarded as independent verses, making 116 more verses, whereas the established Christian practice is to count and number each Psalm ascription together with the first verse following it. Chapter differences are seen in Joel and Malachi. The Tanach splits a chapter in Joel but combines a chapter in Malachi. In all cases the text is the same but the numbering shows differences. These differences are indicated in detail in the table found at the following website. http://bartimaeus.us/pub_dom/hebrew-chapter-verse-differences-list.txt

Book Development The development of this book began with raw material from the website: http://www.mechon-mamre.org/p/pt/pt0.htm I wrote a series of computer programs which significantly modified the format of the material. The English text received major word substitutions to replace archaic words forms. An example would be replacing 'sinneth' with 'sins'. The name of God was also changed from 'the LORD' to 'IAUA' to match the Hebrew text. Names should not be translated. I have considered changing all the names to transliterations but that might be a little too radical and confusing instead of helpful. I removed the vowel points from the Hebrew text which are not part of the original texts. I removed all punctuation from both the Hebrew and the Hebrew transliteration, which was also added by the JPS (Jewish Publication Society) or other tradition. There is no punctuation in the oldest manuscripts. The Hebrew text will not appear in the printed book. You can verify my statements about vowel points and punctuation by examining the picture of the Great Isaiah Scroll dated from about 125 BCE at The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Digital Dead Sea Scrolls Collection. http://dss.collections.imj.org.il/isaiah A portion is shown on the back cover. I added another column of the transliteration of the Hebrew. This is the only column which will appear in the printed book with the English text. I do not know if the book will ever be printed because of the major task of preparing the final form of the English text. This will probably be an ongoing effort which will only appear on the website. I am continuing to make changes in the English text to use what I call "Formal American Basic English" words and phrasing. I have used simple English grammar with medium length complete sentences. I have carefully compared wording in several versions of the Bible seeking text which is simple and easy to read but still completely accurate. I have also consulted Strong's Hebrew Dictionary and other sources for better wording and accuracy. On the website, each verse contains a link to BlueLetterBible.org, which shows the traditional wording and provides a word by word cross-reference to the Hebrew. The goal is to create an English text which is still authoritatve but easy to read. This is not a paraphrase but it is not a new translation either. The best description I can think of is a 'rephrasing'. I call this the 'IAUA Transliteration'. The primary purpose is to provide an easy to read English text with a Hebrew transliteration for cross reference purposes. This will assist in increasing the understanding of Hebrew in conjunction with other study tools. I hope you will be blessed by my efforts. I love this quote and I echo its sentiment: I recommend to you, dear reader, the Word of God as the rule of your faith and practice. By that Word we are to be judged. God has, in that Word, promised to give visions in the "last days"; not for a new rule of faith, but for the comfort of His people, and to correct those who err from Bible truth. Thus God dealt with Peter when He was about to send him to preach to the Gentiles. (Acts 10.) {EW 78.1} {ExV 64.3} To those who may circulate this little work, I would say that it is designed for the sincere only and not for those who would ridicule the things of the Spirit of God. {EW 78.2} {ExV 64.4} Next: Book Contents

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