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Thu 18 Jun, 2009 04:53 am
I would like to have a tattoo of my son's name in Hebrew. His name is Joshua, which i know in Hebrew is Yehoshua. Some sites show the name without the vowel 'dots and dashes' (Niqqud), and some do not. Which is correct?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
יְהוֹשֻׁעַ or יהושע ???
No vowels would be just fine. It can be either way, but considering it's a tatoo, I'd do it w/o vowels.
FYI, vowels were introduced a bit later in the language (around 600) ....but not using vowels is a common practice.
I agree ragman. Having no vowels in it would be more authentic.
I never use vowels when writing in Hebrew . . . of course, i can't write in Hebrew . . . but that's beside the point . . .
I have been told those vowels are for grade school Israelis, or Jewish kids practicing for a Bar/Bat Mitzvah. As adults, Jewish Israelis read without the vowels, sort of like the old speedwriting that people used to learn instead of standard shorthand.
I think Setanta just admitted to having had a vowel movement.
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