Copyright

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Hebrew, Transliteration, and Translation

I will include some Hebrew on the page in the form of Tanakh verses but I will always translate. For individual Hebrew words in descriptions or paragraphs, I will also transliterate them but I will not transliterate the Tanakh for the sake of length. When describing Tanakh characters, I will use my transliteration of their Hebrew name but I will put the English name in parentheses for the first use (e.g. Shaul (Saul)). My transliteration comes from the Union of Reform Judaism (URJ) transliteration guide.

Names of G-d

In Judaism, the name of G-d is sacred. Different names are used for different purposes. Because a lot of my work is modern midrash, I use Hashem ("the Name") because that seems to be the best way to refer to G-d more casually. Whenever, I copy verses from Tanakh that mention Hashem, I replace it with יי instead because the Tetragrammaton (Hashem's four letter name) used heavily in Tanakh is unpronounceable and not meant for our ears or mouths. Only the High Priest on Yom Kippur knew how to say it, and beyond that, we don't know how it was pronounced. There are academic approximations, but I will never say them nor write them uncensored due to extensive misuse.

Tanakh Translations

For English translations of Tanakh, I rely on Everett Fox's 1995 Schocken Bible translation when possible because Fox sought to capture Hebrew structure, grammar, and sound especially with poetry. If Fox's translation is unavailable, I will use the 1985 Jewish Publication Society (JPS) translation.