![]() The Alcalay dictionary is a useful aid in the identification of this sheva-he did not transcribe it. The sheva nah (non-vocal sheva) is ignored. "Little words" where hyphenation is dependent on their appearance in the dictionary will rarely appear in the title phrase you wish to search and will not be dealt with here. It is also important to note the following romanizations Be-reshit & Va-yikra. However when it is a title it should be ha-Levi or ha-Kohen. The case of Levi and Kohen : when romanizing as family name do not use a hyphen i.e. If they include the definite article then they will be romanized ba-, la-, etc. The prefixes be-, ke- and le- behave as above. va-avodahīefore a yod with a sheva = vi- BUT Library of Congress rules require the sheva that should have assimilated remain, i.e. not haarets BUT ha-arets.ġ) The definite article ha- at the beginning of a title should not be entered in a search.Ģ) In almost all other instances the definite article is romanized as ha-ģ) The prefix vav is romanized ve- before any consonant except :īefore a bet, vav, mem or peh = u- e.g u-vet or u-foalavīefore any initial letter with a sheva = u- e.g u-khetavīefore a consonant with hataf-patah or hataf kamats = va- e.g. When romanized, Hebrew prefixes are almost always separated by a hyphen from the word to which they are joined i.e. (Note that we romanize Daniyel not Daniel) ![]() In Hebrew only romanize yod as y when it is followed by a vowel. Neither should the dots below the Roman script letters be entered (i.e on the vav, het, tet and kof) nor the line above the s for the sin. Please note that when searching the catalog no character is required to represent the aleph and ayin. ![]() The Library of Congress has special romanization tables(pdf) which indicate which letters should be used to represent the consonants and vowels in Hebrew/Yiddish. If not, it is possible to search for an item written in Hebrew characters by following some of the rules catalogers use to enter their records, entering a "romanized" title (i.e. If your computer is Hebrew enabled, please click here. Much of our Hebraic language collection is now available in the computer catalog and it is now possible to search in Hebrew script. Please note these are tips for searching this is not a cataloging guide. Searching for Hebrew Books without Hebrew Script Records of material cataloged after 1971 are available on-line through RLIN (The Research Libraries Information Network), OCLC's WorldCat, and the Library's online catalog. An eight volume First Supplement appeared in 1975, and the Hebrew-Character Title Catalog of the Jewish Collection was issued in four volumes in 1981. The basic catalog is also available to scholars outside New York City as the Dictionary Catalog of the Jewish Collection, published in fourteen volumes in 1960 and available in many university and other libraries in North America, Western Europe, and Israel. The catalogs in the Dorot Jewish Division guide the reader to materials available within the Division and throughout the Library. ![]()
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