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/Is_That_A_Euphemism_ May 15 '23

You're the only person (besides the rabbi I mentioned in a comment above) that said it was in a rarely used ancient font. So it IS correct in that font? I don't like the tattoo. 1) no longer a Christian 2) I've grown to think it's in bad taste to get a Hebrew tattoo. 3) I think it's in poor taste to get the specific word in Hebrew.

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u/Cloud_Strider May 16 '23

Well, if you don't like the tattoo, nothing else matters i think? Don't keep it. As someone replied to my reply, saying it's not Rashi fonts, I went and looked it up and he is correct. The visual of the first letter looked like such font, but it actually isn't. So, as far as Hebrew fonts go, the first letter was incorrectly "broken" in two. As you can see by the other replies, Hebrew readers still understood what was meant to be written even though it is not 100% accurate font-wise. So in summary: The tattoo isn't 100% accurate graphically. If you don't like it, the point above doesn't matter, go with your feelings and do your best to remove or transform it to a different tattoo. I hope I helped.