Correct spelling for Tehilla in Hebrew

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amother

Wed, Sep 11 2013, 3:01 pm

With or without the yud?

We'll be making aliyah soon, so also very interested to hear how people in Israel tend to spell it.

I know that when there are nekudos (eg in Tehillim, Tanach etc.) there isn't a yud and when reading from something where there are no nekudos, there is a yud. Because we, as adults, don't write with nekudos we thought that the correct spelling would be with a yud, but then we realized that when kids learn to write, they're taught to write with nekudos, in which case it would look strange to have a yud in her name. Would she have to spell her name two different ways? Clearly I'm very confused!!!

What's the correct spelling?? (And PLEASE don't tell me that either way is fine!!)

Isramom8

Wed, Sep 11 2013, 3:07 pm

Correct way: without.
Way that Israelis will often spell it: with.

amother

Wed, Sep 11 2013, 3:25 pm

Now I'm even more confused. shock

How do girls in Bais Yaakov type schools spell it?

Tamiri

Wed, Sep 11 2013, 3:26 pm

Isramom8 wrote:

Correct way: without.
Way that Israelis will often spell it: with.

I am curious why you say this, Israemom. Without the yud, it could read Tahala or Tahela etc.. Where do you see it correctly without a yud? I tried google and it all came up WITH the yud.

Isramom8

Wed, Sep 11 2013, 3:38 pm

In Tanach it's without a yud. But Israelis always add a yud or a vav, because they write Ivrit without nekudot.

שאלה:
קראנו לבתנו "תהילה". רצינו לשאול איך צריך לכתוב את השם עם י’ או בלי י’, כמו שכתוב בתהלים "תהלה לדוד". האם יש הבדל אם כותבים בלי ניקוד?

תשובה:
בכל התנ"ך נזכרת המילה תהלה בלי יו"ד, וכך ראוי לכתוב גם אם כותבים ללא ניקוד.

http://www.yeshiva.org.il/ask/?id=63187

In a BY in Israel, she would explain that her name is spelled in Tanach without a yud and that is the correct way. And people would realize that she is right.

Peanut2

Wed, Sep 11 2013, 3:49 pm

Pretty sure it's technically without.a yud but you should spell it with one these days.

Isn't Agnon's Tehillah sans yud? But no one would get it now.

wiki

Thu, Sep 12 2013, 10:13 am

In general Israelis spell names that are Hebrew words in a malei manner, even though most words in Tanach are spelled chaser.

Tablepoetry

Thu, Sep 12 2013, 10:16 am

All the Tehillas I know here in Israel have a yud.
I agree with Tamiri, without the yud there would be confusion as to what to call her, especially if she's in a place where there are all sorts of 'different'/new/exotic names.

amother

Thu, Sep 12 2013, 10:46 am

We spell my daughter's name with a yup here in Israel.

Shuly

Thu, Sep 12 2013, 1:29 pm

Someone else asked the same question about the name Rina. Everyone that I know in Israel spells Tehilla and Rina with a yud, except for one friend of mine whose husband insisted on spelling it the Tanach way.

tizunabi

Thu, Sep 12 2013, 1:37 pm

I have two really good friends tehilla (both israeli)
one spells it תהילה
the other תהלה
so really it doesn't matter

Isramom8

Thu, Sep 12 2013, 2:01 pm

Peanut2 wrote:

Pretty sure it's technically without.a yud but you should spell it with one these days.

Isn't Agnon's Tehillah sans yud? But no one would get it now.

Google seems to say with.

amother

Mon, Sep 23 2013, 12:13 am

OP -Thank you ladies!!

I'm wondering -how do most chareidi girls named Tehilla spell their names? (I don't want her to stand out.)

shevi82

Mon, Sep 23 2013, 2:31 pm

with a yud

greenfire

Mon, Sep 23 2013, 3:00 pm

may she always find praise whichever way you spell it !!!

Ay Jay Jay

Tue, Sep 24 2013, 6:19 pm

I've always seen it with a yud, but I'm not expert

realeez

Tue, Sep 24 2013, 10:37 pm

My friend Tehila spells without a yud and always tells mothers who name their babies Tehila to spell with bc everyone misspells her name (she even needed her kesuba fixed...)

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