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ix SYSTEMS OF TRANSLITERATION AND OF CITATION OF PROPER NAMES* A.— Rules

for the Transliteration of

Hebrew and Aramaic.

1. All important names which occur in the Bible are cited as found in the authorized King James Saul, not Sha'ul or Shatil; Solomon, not version; e.g., Moses, not Mosheh; Isaac, not Yizhak

Shelomoh, 2.

Names

3.

Hebrew

etc.

that have gained currency in English books on Jewish subjects, or that have become familiar to English readers, are always retained and cross-references given, though the topic be treated under the form transliterated according to the system tabulated below.

subject-headings are transcribed according to the scheme of transliteration made as in the case of personal names.



cross-refer-

ences are 4.

The following system of

X

transliteration has been used for

Not noted at the beginning or the end of a word

3 b



Hebrew and Aramaic

otherwise

'

or by dieresis;

e.g.,

Ze'eb or Me'ir.