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Hybrid Hebrew transliteration
A new transliteration proposal for Biblical Hebrew. The following conversion table gives a one-to-one transliteration guide for Biblical Hebrew vowels. The combination of the 7 vowel system plus the use of macrons and circumflexes makes it possible to always know what mater lectionis corresponds to the transliterated value, correcting the inconsistencies of the "circumflex transliteration system" (מָה\מֶה\מַה mâ/meh/mah vs mɑ̂/mê/mâ, "ê" used to transliterate both אֵה and אֵי, etc.).

Vowels

 * Basic system: 7 vowel system (a, ɔ, i, e, ɛ, o, u)
 * Vowel + mater lectionis ה = circumflex
 * Vowel + mater lectionis except ה = macron

Shwa'

 * The "shwas" would be: ə, ă, ɛ̆, ɔ̆.
 * See Vocal and silent shwa'.

Consonants

 * (aleph) always transliterated as ʔ (even when quiescent).
 * = q (better than ḳ because it has no diacritics + traditional in transliterations of other Semitic languages)

Simple vowels

 * 1) Qɔ́mɛṣ
 * 2) Páṯaḥ
 * 3) Ṣerē
 * 4) Səḡōl
 * 5) Ḥī́rɛq
 * 6) Ḥólɛm
 * 7) Qibbūṣ
 * 1) Səḡōl
 * 2) Ḥī́rɛq
 * 3) Ḥólɛm
 * 4) Qibbūṣ
 * 1) Ḥī́rɛq
 * 2) Ḥólɛm
 * 3) Qibbūṣ
 * 1) Ḥólɛm
 * 2) Qibbūṣ
 * 1) Qibbūṣ
 * 1) Qibbūṣ
 * 1) Qibbūṣ

Matres lectionis

 * 1) Ḥīrɛq mɔleʔ
 * 2) Ṣerē mɔleʔ
 * 3) Šū́rɛq
 * 4) Ḥólɛm mɔleʔ
 * 5) Qɔmɛṣ heʔ
 * 6) Páṯaḥ heʔ
 * 7) Səḡōl heʔ
 * 8) Ṣerē heʔ
 * 9) Ḥólɛm heʔ
 * 10) Consistency test
 * 1) Qɔmɛṣ heʔ
 * 2) Páṯaḥ heʔ
 * 3) Səḡōl heʔ
 * 4) Ṣerē heʔ
 * 5) Ḥólɛm heʔ
 * 6) Consistency test
 * 1) Səḡōl heʔ
 * 2) Ṣerē heʔ
 * 3) Ḥólɛm heʔ
 * 4) Consistency test
 * 1) Ṣerē heʔ
 * 2) Ḥólɛm heʔ
 * 3) Consistency test
 * 1) Ḥólɛm heʔ
 * 2) Consistency test
 * 1) Consistency test
 * 1) Consistency test

Shwas

 * 1) Šəwɔʔ
 * 2) Ḥɔṭep̄ páṯaḥ
 * 3) Ḥɔṭep̄ səḡōl
 * 4) Ḥɔṭep̄ qɔ́mɛṣ
 * 1) Ḥɔṭep̄ səḡōl
 * 2) Ḥɔṭep̄ qɔ́mɛṣ
 * 1) Ḥɔṭep̄ səḡōl
 * 2) Ḥɔṭep̄ qɔ́mɛṣ
 * 1) Ḥɔṭep̄ qɔ́mɛṣ
 * 1) Ḥɔṭep̄ qɔ́mɛṣ

Ability to distinguish spelling

 * 1) Plene spelling
 * 2) Mappiq vs vowel + heʔ
 * 3) Distinctive spelling of syllable final ṣerē vs səḡōl
 * 4) Distinctive spelling of syllable final ḥólɛm
 * 5) * vs
 * 6) Different spellings of a same word:
 * 7) * vs  (Exodus 15:11)
 * 1) Distinctive spelling of syllable final ḥólɛm
 * 2) * vs
 * 3) Different spellings of a same word:
 * 4) * vs  (Exodus 15:11)
 * 1) Distinctive spelling of syllable final ḥólɛm
 * 2) * vs
 * 3) Different spellings of a same word:
 * 4) * vs  (Exodus 15:11)
 * 1) * vs
 * 2) Different spellings of a same word:
 * 3) * vs  (Exodus 15:11)

Genesis

 * בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃
 * bə-reʔšīṯ bɔrɔʔ ʔɛ̆loḥīm ʔeṯ haš-šɔmáyim wə-ʔeṯ hɔ-ʔɔ́rɛṣ.


 * וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָיְתָ֥ה תֹ֙הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃
 * wə-hɔ-ɔ́rɛṣ hɔyəṯɔ̂ ṯóhū wɔ-ḇóhū wə-ḥóšɛḵ ʿal-pənē ṯəhōm wə-rū́aḥ ʔɛ̆lohīm məraḥɛ́p̄ɛṯ ʿal-pənē ham-mɔ́yim.


 * וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃
 * way-yóʔmɛr ʔɛ̆lohīm yəhī ʔōr wa-yəhī-ʔōr.


 * וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָא֖וֹר כִּי־ט֑וֹב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃
 * way-yarʔ ʔɛ̆lohīm ʔɛṯ-hɔ-ʔōr kī ṭōḇ way-yaḇdel ʔɛ̆lohīm bēn hɔ-ʔōr ū-ḇēn ha-ḥóšɛḵ.


 * וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים
 * לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד
 * way-yiqrɔʔ ʔɛ̆lohīm: lɔ-ʔōr yōm wə-la-ḥóšɛḵ qɔrɔʔ lɔ́ylɔ̂ wa-yəhī-ʿɛ́rɛḇ wa-yəhī-ḇóqɛr yōm ʔɛḥɔḏ.


 * וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֔ים יְהִ֥י רָקִ֖יעַ בְּת֣וֹךְ הַמָּ֑יִם וִיהִ֣י מַבְדִּ֔יל בֵּ֥ין מַ֖יִם לָמָֽיִם׃
 * way-yóʔmɛr ʔɛ̆lohīm yəhī rɔqī́aʿ bə-ṯōḵ ham-mɔ́yim wi-yhī maḇdīl bēn máyim lɔ-mɔ́yim.


 * וַיַּ֣עַשׂ אֱלֹהִים֮ אֶת־הָרָקִ֒יעַ֒ וַיַּבְדֵּ֗ל בֵּ֤ין הַמַּ֙יִם֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ מִתַּ֣חַת לָרָקִ֔יעַ וּבֵ֣ין הַמַּ֔יִם אֲשֶׁ֖ר מֵעַ֣ל לָרָקִ֑יעַ וַֽיְהִי־כֵֽן׃
 * way-yaʿaś ʔɛ̆lohīm ʔɛṯ-hɔ-rɔqī́aʿ way-yaḇdel bēn ham-máyim ʔăšɛr mit-táḥaṯ lɔ-rɔqī́aʿ ū-ḇēn ham-máyim ʔăšɛr me-ʿal lɔ-rɔqī́aʿ wa-yəhī-ḵen.


 * וַיִּקְרָ֧א אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָֽרָקִ֖יעַ שָׁמָ֑יִם וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם שֵׁנִֽי׃
 * way-yiqrɔʔ ʔɛ̆lohīm lɔ-rɔqī́aʿ šɔmɔ́yim wa-yəhī-ʿɛ́rɛḇ wa-yəhī-ḇóḵɛr, yōm šenī.

Modern romanization

 * VS vs
 * VS vs

Sentences

 * וַיְבָ֣רֶךְ אֹתָם֮ אֱלֹהִים֒ וַיֹּ֨אמֶר לָהֶ֜ם אֱלֹהִ֗ים פְּר֥וּ וּרְב֛וּ וּמִלְא֥וּ אֶת־הָאָ֖רֶץ
 * wayyəḇā́reḵ ʾōṯām ʾĕlōhîm wayyṓʾmer lāhem ʾĕlōhîm pərû ûrəḇû ûmiləʾû ʾeṯ-hāʾā́reṣ
 * way-yǝḇɔ́rɛḵ ʔoṯɔm ʔɛ̆lohīm way-yóʔmɛr lɔhɛm ʔɛ̆lohīm pǝrū ū-rǝḇū ū-miləʔū ʔɛṯ-hɔ-ʔɔ́reṣ
 * way-yǝḇɔ́rɛḵ ʔoṯɔm ʔɛ̆lohim way-yóʔmɛr lɔhɛm ʔɛ̆lohim pǝru u-rǝḇu u-miləʔu ʔɛṯ-hɔ-ʔɔ́reṣ


 * וַיַּ֤רְא אֱלֹהִים֙ אֶת־כׇּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֔ה וְהִנֵּה־טֹ֖וב מְאֹ֑ד
 * wayyarʾ ʾĕlōhîm ʾeṯ-kol-ʾăšer ʿāśâ wə-hinnê-ṭôḇ məʾōḏ
 * way-yarʔ ʔɛ̆lohīm ʔɛṯ-kɔl-ʔăšɛr ʕɔśɔ̂ wə-hinnê-ṭōḇ məʔoḏ
 * way-yarʔ ʔɛ̆lohim ʔɛṯ-kɔl-ʔăšɛr ʕɔśɔ wə-hinne-ṭoḇ məʔoḏ