Popular Post difalkner Posted May 10, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 A friend asked me to engrave some Beech and Red Heart with the 10 Commandments in English and Hebrew. Getting the Hebrew was more difficult than I thought it would be and I hope I got it right. I think the plaque came out nice and Beech is a dream to machine. This is 12" wide by 13" high. David 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted May 10, 2020 Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 Nice work, David! I would be very hesitant about engraving a language unknown to me - imagine the embarassment if I accidentally used some 'offensive' wording! I hope your Hebrew has been spell-checked! You are a brave man! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
difalkner Posted May 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 Thank you! Nope, I'm right there with you. The guy who asked me to do this for him said just find something online and it'll be close enough, that if someone challenged the text then they can just have a good discussion about the 10 Commandments - I copied this from a Hebrew website so I hope it's pretty close. I installed a Hebrew font and the Hebrew keyboard and set about to typing the first Commandment. Hebrew doesn't use many vowels and has other vowel rules in addition to being read right to left, so when I typed, 'Thou shalt have no other gods before me' it came out something like, 'When you go to the river take your goat' or something like that when I put it into Google Translate! LOL! David 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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