rivkahcarl / metagrapho

a package for transliterating Hebrew to Greek orthography according to the Romaniote reading tradition

Metagrapho

A tool for transliterating liturgical Hebrew texts to the Romaniote reading tradition using Greek orthography. It is an augmentation of havarot.

about

This schema for transliteration was developed by Rabbi Gabriel.

install

npm

npm install metagrapho

local

Download or clone this repository.

cd metagrapho
npm install
npm run build

example

const umschrift = require("metagrapho");
const Text = umschrift.Text;
const heb = new Text("שָׁלֹ֑ום");
const transliteration = heb.transliterate();
transliteration;
// σσαλώμ

Schema

Consonants

For consonants with slashes, the left hand side reprsents the unmarked (i.e. spirantized) form, and the right side is the marked form.

Consonant	Transliteration	Consonant	Transliteration
א		מ ם	μ
ב	β/μπ	נ ן	ν
ג	γ/γκ	ס	σ
ד	δ/ντ	ע	-
ה	-	פ ף	φ/π
ו	β	צ ץ	τσ, τς (final)
ז	ζ/τζ	ק	κ
ח	χ	ר	ρ
ט	τ	שׂ	σ
י	γι	שׁ	σσ
כ ך	χ/κ	ת	θ/τ
ל	λ

Special Cases:

• when a consonantal yod has a hiriq as its vowel, it is simply γ (e.g. יַיִן > γιαγιν)

Vowels

Vowel	Transliteration	Vowel	Transliteration
◌ַ patakh	α	י◌ִ hireq yod	ι/ει/η
◌ַ furtive patakh	α	◌ָ qamets katan	ο
◌ָ qamets	α	◌ֹ holem	ω
ה◌ָ final qamets he	α	וֹ full holem	ω
יו◌ָ three 3ms sufx	άβ	◌ֻ short qibbuts	ου
◌ֶ segol	ε	◌ֻ long qibbuts	ου
◌ֵ tsere	ε	וּ shureq	ου
י◌ֵ tsere yod	ε	◌ֳ khatef qamets	ο
י◌ֶ segol yod	ε	◌ֲ khatef patakh	α
◌ִ short hiriq	η/ι	◌ֱ khatef segol	ε
◌ִ long hiriq	η/ι	◌ְ vocal shewa	ε

Special Cases:

• a hiriq-yod used as a nominal plural marker is ει (e.g. דְבָרִ֖ים = ντεβαρείμ)
• a word-final hiriq-yod is η
• a tsere-yod at the end of a word is αι
• a final patach/qamets followed by yod is αη