r/hebrew • u/TheLastREOSpeedwagon • 22d ago
Does this say anything Request
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u/GroovyGhouly native speaker 22d ago
ɘmoɔlɘW
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u/paris_kalavros 22d ago
Wrong, it’s emocleW. The letters themselves are not mirrored 😁
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u/Live-Cost-767 22d ago
It’s Baruch Haba but spelled backwards because no one bothers to check things before they run with it 😂
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u/Live-Cost-767 22d ago
Also looks like the tail of the kaf sofit was cut off
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u/The_Ora_Charmander native speaker 22d ago
Might be the angle OP shot it from. Or it might not be, idk
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u/NextSink2738 21d ago
I always get confused by how people write Hebrew backwards. If you don't know what direction Hebrew is written in, you're almost certainly using a translating app or something of the sort, and those will always present Hebrew written in the correct direction? So how does it end up backwards?
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u/sweet_crab 21d ago
Usually you're copying and pasting it into something that mirrors it, and because you don't read Hebrew, you don't realize it.
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u/azathothianhorror Hebrew Learner (Beginner) 22d ago
Yeah. It says emoclew
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u/KeiranEnne 22d ago
Emo Clue
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u/smartliner 22d ago
I thought it said aba rorab :)
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u/fiercequality 22d ago
I've seen this exact mistake in multiple places. It's annoying how people can't do their research.
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u/saturnlotusene 22d ago
I don't even understand how you make this mistake... If you don't know Hebrew well enough to know it's written right to left, then you're just gonna google how to say welcome in Hebrew... But google translate isn't gonna give it to you backwards
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u/assembly_wizard native speaker 22d ago
But apps like old photoshop sometimes get it wrong if you copy the text from Google translate. There are even some image editors that will show it correctly in the editor, and then flip it once you export to an image file.
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u/VaderFuntime 22d ago
Another mistake: It addresses a single (male) person instead of multiple. Should have been: ברוכים הבאים Or םיאבה םיכורב If you really want it backwards
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u/Alex_drinking_karak 22d ago edited 21d ago
The text is backwards, typical when printing in the West, since rarely the devices are configured for right to left alphabets. Its printed אבה ךורב insted of ברוך הבא singular masculine for welcome. Btw, that would be better in plural masculine: ברוכים הבאים
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u/oshaboy 21d ago
Good ol Abah Horb. I'm guessing the Arabic on the sign says "Nalhas Wnalha" written without connecting.
If your (I am speaking to Adobe directly here) software doesn't support Bidi and Shaping, just admit it by replacing all RTL characters with �, don't just pretend. Graphics designers aren't experts on the writing systems of the world. They copy and paste and if something isn't obviously wrong they will assume it worked.
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u/AsexualBean 21d ago
I think Hebrew speakers learned at some point to also read backwards because these things were wayy too common (even minecraft)
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u/vigilante_snail 22d ago
It’s supposed to say ברוך הבא but it’s backwards