Th lphbt s hrd t mstr;
Rdng bck t frnt’s dsstr.
Nlss h’s rd th clssfds,
whr trth, bbrvtd, hds,
th wld-b rdr f th Bbl,
prsntd wth th txt, s lbl
t trn nd rn wth shrks nd hwls-
th hbrw Scrptrs hv n vwls!
Davar Akher
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Yes, but where’s the niqqud?
Indeed! Not to mention the fact that, curious as it may be to try reading English without vowels, Hebrew is really not so ambiguous as all that. Although there are certainly some odd ambiguities.
[...] Biblical Hebrew was originally written without vowel indicators, I found this great example over at Davar Akher: Th lphbt s hrd t mstr; Rdng bck t frnt’s dsstr. Nlss h’s rd th clssfds, whr trth, bbrvtd, hds, [...]
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