https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niqqud "The most widespread system, and the only one still used to a significant degree today, was created by the Masoretes"Originally Posted by David Merrill
Prior to that, the Hebrew alphabet went to 400[/URL], not 1000 and there were no "jots and tittles" - diacritical markings.
This is why I have chosen paleo-Hebrew rather than Modern Hebrew:
Masoretes = Masons?
paleo-hebrew seems to be phonecian or derived from it, why not then choose that instead?
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