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The method of marking pronunciations here employed is either (1) by marking the syllable on which the accent falls, or (2) by a simple system of transliteration, to which the following is the Key:--
The method of marking pronunciations here employed is either (1) by marking the syllable on which the accent falls, or (2) by a simple system of transliteration, to which the fo...
3. VOLUME IA, the first letter in many alphabets. The sound most commonly belonging to it, as in French, Italian, German, &c., is that which is heard in _father_, pronounced short or long....
4. letter m, which in Hebrew was called _mim_, water, has still a considerableresemblance to the zig-zag wavy line which had been chosen to represent water, as in the zodiacal symbol for _Aquarius_. The letter o, of which the Hebrew name means eye, no dou...