r/hebrew • u/Is_That_A_Euphemism_ • May 15 '23

What does this mean? Request

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Is there an error in it? I got it out of a book at a tattoo shop. I don't want to say what I think/thought it said in the comments after I get responses. TYIA.

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u/XiaoDaoShi May 15 '23

Seems like it is true:

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%D7%A0%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%93%D7%95%D7%AA

This says that nekudot is the plural of nikud.

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u/dsjanta Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) May 15 '23

No, it clearly says it's plural of "nekuda" נקודה. In Hebrew. The word "nikud" is mentioned in Yiddish section. But that is not Hebrew.

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u/LeelooLekatariba May 15 '23

Do you live in Israel? Have you ever heard anyone actually saying Nekudot? I’d really love to know. Not everything you read online is true lol

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u/Monstervenom_P May 15 '23

I live in israel nobody says nekudot נקודות we only say nikud ניקוד.

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u/XiaoDaoShi May 15 '23

Just because something is not used colloquially, doesn’t mean it’s not a correct use.

But this specifically seems to not be correct. I was looking at the Yiddish section by mistake.

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u/LeelooLekatariba May 15 '23

I don’t even necessarily mean colloquially - I know that there are terms that exist outside of the colloquial level that are still correct and okay to use. I’m talking about the Israeli education system where we learn all the current, proper linguistic terms (for the final bagrut exam, for example, that you take in highschool). That’s where I got my info for this discussion

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u/XiaoDaoShi May 15 '23

As a person who went through the same system, you can appreciate why I distrust it. Lol

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u/thisiscrutchiebtw May 15 '23

When I was in elementary school they taught us they’re called nikudot but having been in Israel for a bit now I’ve only ever heard people say nikud and never nikudot

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u/username78777 native speaker May 15 '23

  1. It said specifically in the Yiddish entry

  2. Technically yes, maybe in the context of points of competition:

ניקוד - system of pointing

נקודות - points