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11 October 2012 at 11:23 AM by John Rankin - reverse e and E
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(:hE w:hA'Are.s hAy:tAh tohU wAbohU w:.ho+sek: `al--p*:nEy t:hOm w:rU/a.h 'e:lohiym m:ra.hepEt `al--p*:nEy ham*Ayim; :)

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(:he w:hA'Are.s hAy:tAh tohU wAbohU w:.ho+sek: `al--p*:nEy t:hOm w:rU/a.h 'e:lohiym m:ra.hepEt `al--p*:nEy ham*Ayim; :)

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11 October 2012 at 11:23 AM by John Rankin - reverse e and E
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(:he b*:re'+siyt b*ArA' 'E:lohiym 'et ha+s*Amayim w:'et hA'ArE.s; :)

(:he w:hA'ArE.s hAy:tAh tohU wAbohU w:.ho+sEk: `al--p*:ney t:hOm w:rU/a.h 'E:lohiym m:ra.hEpEt `al--p*:ney ham*Ayim; :)

to:

(:he b*:rE'+siyt b*ArA' 'e:lohiym 'Et ha+s*Amayim w:'Et hA'Are.s; :)

(:hE w:hA'Are.s hAy:tAh tohU wAbohU w:.ho+sek: `al--p*:nEy t:hOm w:rU/a.h 'e:lohiym m:ra.hepEt `al--p*:nEy ham*Ayim; :)

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ieEE:a/aa:AA:ou*:OU;--
(:he ?i :)(:he ?e :)(:he ?E :)(:he ?E: :)(:he ?a :)(:he /a? :)(:he ?a: :)(:he ?A :)(:he ?A: :)(:he ?o :)(:he ?u :)(:he ?* :)(:he ?: :)(:he O :)(:he U :)(:he ; :)(:he -- :)

The vowels have to be typed after the consonant to which they belong; for example, (:he 'E:lohiym :) is coded as (:he 'E:lohiym :). The exception is the patah furtivum, which can be used only on the letters (:he h :), (:he h* :), (:he .h :) and (:he ` :); for example, (:he rU/a.h :) is coded as (:he rU/a.h :). The (:he O :) (O) and (:he U :) (U) can also be coded as wo and w* respectively.

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iee:Ea/aa:AA:ou*:OU;--
(:he ?i :)(:he ?e :)(:he ?e: :)(:he ?E :)(:he ?a :)(:he /a? :)(:he ?a: :)(:he ?A :)(:he ?A: :)(:he ?o :)(:he ?u :)(:he ?* :)(:he ?: :)(:he O :)(:he U :)(:he ; :)(:he -- :)

The vowels have to be typed after the consonant to which they belong; for example, (:he 'e:lohiym :) is coded as (:he 'e:lohiym :). The exception is the patah furtivum, which can be used only on the letters (:he h :), (:he h* :), (:he .h :) and (:he ` :); for example, (:he rU/a.h :) is coded as (:he rU/a.h :). The (:he O :) (O) and (:he U :) (U) can also be coded as wo and w* respectively.

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02 October 2012 at 06:34 PM by John Rankin - copied from juxtr.net
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The author writes text in Roman script; the text displays (right to left) in Hebrew script. For example:

(:markup:) (:he b*:re'+siyt b*ArA' 'E:lohiym 'et ha+s*Amayim w:'et hA'ArE.s; :)

(:he w:hA'ArE.s hAy:tAh tohU wAbohU w:.ho+sEk: `al--p*:ney t:hOm w:rU/a.h 'E:lohiym m:ra.hEpEt `al--p*:ney ham*Ayim; :) (:markupend:)

The author can also include short Hebrew words and phrases in normal running prose. The input (:he 'bgd :) will produce the output (:he 'bgd :). The PDF supports the patah furtivum form of the patah point, but the HTML does not.

This is the translation table for consonants:

'bgdhwz.h.tykKlmM
(:he ' :)(:he b :)(:he g :)(:he d :)(:he h :)(:he w :)(:he z :)(:he .h :)(:he .t :)(:he y :)(:he k| :)(:he K :)(:he l :)(:he m| :)(:he M :)
 
nNs`pP.s.Sqr/s,s+st 
(:he n| :)(:he N :)(:he s| :)(:he ` :)(:he p| :)(:he P :)(:he .s| :)(:he .S :)(:he q :)(:he r :)(:he /s| :)(:he ,s| :)(:he +s| :)(:he t :) 

This is the translation table for vowels and symbols:

ieEE:a/aa:AA:ou*:OU;--
(:he ?i :)(:he ?e :)(:he ?E :)(:he ?E: :)(:he ?a :)(:he /a? :)(:he ?a: :)(:he ?A :)(:he ?A: :)(:he ?o :)(:he ?u :)(:he ?* :)(:he ?: :)(:he O :)(:he U :)(:he ; :)(:he -- :)

The vowels have to be typed after the consonant to which they belong; for example, (:he 'E:lohiym :) is coded as (:he 'E:lohiym :). The exception is the patah furtivum, which can be used only on the letters (:he h :), (:he h* :), (:he .h :) and (:he ` :); for example, (:he rU/a.h :) is coded as (:he rU/a.h :). The (:he O :) (O) and (:he U :) (U) can also be coded as wo and w* respectively.

The translation conventions are those used in the LATEX cjhebrew package, which also enables PDF production.

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