Some stupid people confronted me with a question, how can the word TORH appear in the Torah if there is no vowels in Biblical Hebrew? Can someone show me a site or tell me how, about vowels in Biblical Hebrew?
2006-09-23 14:34:53 · 6 answers · asked by michael d 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Okay, how does TORH exist, if there is no written vowels, how does TORH spell the way it is, they keep saying there is no vowels written out. Does TORH appear in the Bible?
2006-09-23 14:57:52 · update #1
It's the same as if in english we wrote.
t's th sm s f n nglsh w wrt.
Just because the vowels aren't written, doesn't mean they don't exist.
we can write bldg but we say "building."
2006-09-25 08:52:58 · answer #1 · answered by TeeM 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The vowels are not normally written out in Hebrew- That doesn't mean they don't exist. In any case the Bible is always printed with pointed text--that is to say with the vowels shown to make reading easier and more precise. So no problem with he word Torah or any other word appearing. PS Be careful with the above suggestion about watchtower.org That is the website of a cult with a long and well documented track record of NOT being able to translate the original Biblical languages accurately.
2006-09-23 14:41:04 · answer #2 · answered by TalkingDonkey 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hebrew, as a consonantal Semitic language, has no vowel letters. Instead, it uses vowel marks (called "Nikkud") that appear above, under, or inside the letters and show the exact pronouncing of the letter. While using Nikkud in the everyday life of the Modern Hebrew in Israel is very rare (except for children, no one uses it), the whole bible is written that way- it is written with vowel marks.
Nevertheless, we DO use, ~sometimes~, two consonantal letters to express vowels:
"Vav"- (normally: "v"), expresses "u", or "o".
"Yud"- (normally: "y"), expresses "i".
The word "Torah" appears in the bible many times (Numbers 15:29; Proverbs 28:7,9…), and it is written "תּוֹרָה" ("t-o-r-h", with vowel marks).
The biblical Hebrew is very clear about the way words should be pronounced. Share that info with the stupid people you have written about… :-)
Shanah tovah!
2006-09-24 10:17:39 · answer #3 · answered by yotg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hebrew is a phonetic language. The letters were actually symbols for words. The letters put together make the words as the vowels are sounded out. Please DO NOT trust the watchtower site for hebrew or greek words. They are mistranslated to fit the organizationws doctrinal beliefs. Not a single person that translated the New World Translation could read hebrew. One of the eight transalators had about the equivalent of one semester in college, for greek.
2006-09-23 14:46:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is correct-no vowels in the written words. When it is read-you put in the vowels with sound. Go see any preacher who has been to seminary.
2006-09-23 14:39:40 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
www.watchtower.org/library It tells the definition of all sorts of words.
2006-09-23 14:40:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋