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[hebr/he] Every letter can be a consonant but some can also be a vowel #132
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Come to think of it, I don't like the whole approach of describing Hebrew by defining an abjad. You are trying to describe Hebrew, specifically, but doing so through the (both vague and complicated) definition of an abjad is limiting. Hebrew has specific properties that are worth mentioning that may either not be required of an abjad or may make it an impure abjad. I don't think you want to get distracted, while presenting those properties of Hebrew, with holding them up against what an abjad is or isn't, or whether by "abjad" you mean to include impure abjads. I would suggest just avoiding all these issues by saying that Hebrew is an abjad and then proceeding to describe Hebrew, without worrying about what properties of Hebrew do or don't make it an abjad, and without worrying about what you mean by "abjad" (e.g. pure or impure).
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I edited my previous comment's suggested wording a little to make it clearer that:
A short, sort of mnemonic form of these claims would be:
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[source] https://r12a.github.io/scripts/hebr/he
The page currently says:
I fear this could be misleading. Since some letters can represent either a consonant or a vowel, I think it would be better to say something like one of the following:
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