vowel points and consonant points
English translation: The writing on the stones is at least 1000 years old
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| 14:41 Jun 9, 2005 |
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|  Selected response from: Nick Lingris United Kingdom Local time: 01:45 | ||||
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| 4 +4 | diacritic marks |
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| 3 +1 | it means to say that |
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| 4 | The writing on the stones is at least 1000 years old |
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peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1it means to say that Explanation: "For the past 1000 years or so, Hebrew has most commonly been written with vowel points and consonant points, but these are missing on both stones" vowel point=a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-bin/webwn2.1 |
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7 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
peer agreement (net): +4diacritic marks Explanation: this is not a translation question - informational Vowels can also be represented in Hebrew by vowel points, technically known as 'diacritic marks,' made up of dots and little lines. Just as letters are the written symbols of all the Hebrew consonants and some vowels, so the vowel points are written symbols of all the vowels -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 8 hrs 41 mins (2005-06-09 23:22:54 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Hebrew-language Writing system Modern Hebrew is written from right to left using the Hebrew alphabet. Modern scripts are based on the \"square\" letter form. A similar system is used in handwriting, but the letters tend to be more circular in their character, and sometimes vary markedly from their printed equivalents. Biblical Hebrew text contains nothing but consonants and spaces, and most modern Hebrew texts contain only consonants, spaces and western-style punctuation. A pointing system developed around the 5th Century C.E. is used to indicate vowels and syllabic stresses in some religious books, and is almost always found in modern poetry, children\'s literature, and texts for beginning students of Hebrew. The system is also used sparingly to avoid certain ambiguities of meaning — such as when context is insufficient to distinguish between two identically spelled words — and in the transliteration of foreign names. Note: This article contains special characters. ... Punctuation marks are written symbols that do not correspond to either phonemes (sounds) of a spoken language nor to lexemes (words and phrases) of a written language, but which serve to organize or clarify written language. ... Reference: http://www.shemayisrael.co.il/parsha/klarberg/archives/nitza... |
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