From: Peter Kirk (peterkirk@qaya.org)
Date: Sat Mar 19 2005 - 19:43:48 CST
On 19/03/2005 23:58, Jony Rosenne wrote:
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>>>Absolute code point order happens to work quite well for
>>>
>>>
>>unpointed Hebrew.
>>
>>Actually, it doesn't. Those final forms keep even this case
>>from being true
>>(in a proper sort the final forms would have only a secondary
>>or tertiary
>>difference from the non-final forms of the same letter.
>>
>>
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>Do you have a practical case to show it?
>
>Since the finals come before the non-finals it doesn't happen.
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It can happen in cases where the regular rules for use of final forms
are not obeyed. I understand that non-final pe is sometimes used word
finally for a P sound rather than an F sound. Is that right? There are
also a few anomalous forms in the Bible. For example, in Job 38:1 the
form (unpointed) מנ is found. This should be a variant of מן and sorted
next to it, but a code point ordered sort of words in the Bible would
find these words separated by compounds like מן־הארץ.
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