correction on hebrew translation

**gamegeek2** · 11-24-2008, 22:05

I agree with Beit HaMiqdash as the correct translation. I'm no expert, listen to Shigawire or an expert on Ancient Hebrew (not Modern Hebrew).

FYI, I got bored one day and learned the Phoenician alphabet. Typical EB-inspired behavior, right? And ditto on the Greek alphabet, and Cyrillic after that. The explanation is not that I'm Jewish, it's that I play EB.

**Hooahguy** · 11-24-2008, 22:17

Originally Posted by gamegeek2

speaking of which, it's been shown that, in Phoenician inscriptions, "holy" is qoph-dalet-shin, qdsh, not qoph-dalet-samekh, qds. Wouldn't Mqds (Miqdas) be Mqdsh (Miqdash) as well? And same for the HaParasim HaQdosim, shouldn't it be HaQdoshim? (eg. the horsemen the sacred/holy)

I agree with Bet HaMiqdash as the correct translation. The temple mound is Har HaBayit, and the inner sanctuary is the Qodesh HaQodashim.

FYI, I got bored one day and learned the Phoenician alphabet. Typical EB-inspired behavior, right? And ditto on the Greek alphabet, and Cyrillic after that. The explanation is not that I'm Jewish, it's that I play EB.

not "bet hamikdash"
"bet" is the 2nd letter of the hebrew alphabet.
if you truly want the correct translation, leve out those "q"s. i have never seen any transliteration of that word with "q"s.

**Shigawire** · 11-24-2008, 22:58

Originally Posted by gamegeek2

speaking of which, it's been shown that, in Phoenician inscriptions, "holy" is qoph-dalet-shin, qdsh, not qoph-dalet-samekh, qds. Wouldn't Mqds (Miqdas) be Mqdsh (Miqdash) as well? And same for the HaParasim HaQdosim, shouldn't it be HaQdoshim? (eg. the horsemen the sacred/holy)

I agree with Bet HaMiqdash as the correct translation. The temple mound is Har HaBayit, and the inner sanctuary is the Qodesh HaQodashim.

FYI, I got bored one day and learned the Phoenician alphabet. Typical EB-inspired behavior, right? And ditto on the Greek alphabet, and Cyrillic after that. The explanation is not that I'm Jewish, it's that I play EB.

Except the letter Shin has a different pronunciation in Punic than in Hebrew.

**gamegeek2** · 11-25-2008, 03:04

OK, that makes sense Shigawire.

@hooahguy, in modern Hebrew the letters quph/kuf are pronounced the same, as /k/, so you're right, 'k' would be the correct transliteration for modern Hebrew. However, we need Ancient Hebrew, and Shigawire's advice.

Question: Is the word for "house" spelled with a Yud or not? If so, it should be "beit", if not, "bet". That's just my advice, though.