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To: malakhi
The Hebrew scriptures are written without vowels because that is the way Semitic languages are written.

Huh? My Tanakh has vowels.

137 posted on 11/04/2003 1:19:37 PM PST by maryz
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To: maryz
Yr Tnkh hs vwls?

SD

138 posted on 11/04/2003 1:21:51 PM PST by SoothingDave
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To: maryz
Huh? My Tanakh has vowels.

Modern Tanakhs written for home study do, as you note, have vowel points included. These points were not, however, in the original text. And they are not included even today in Torah scrolls used in synagogues.

144 posted on 11/04/2003 1:32:16 PM PST by malakhi (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.)
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