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No, because Hebrew words are read right-to-left in Hebrew letters, but numbers are read left-to-right in Arabaic numerals. The direction of reading switches mid
by gowld 1y ago
No, because Hebrew words are read right-to-left in Hebrew letters, but numbers are read left-to-right in Arabaic numerals. The direction of reading switches mid-sentence, but typewriters only type in one direction.
- cubefox 1y agoArguably Arabic numbers must always be read right-to-left, even in English, because the least significant digits can be read in order, while the value of the most significant digit depends on the number of less significant digits to the right. So in Hebrew the general reading direction actually fits Arabic numbers better.
- dotancohen 1y agoAnd the Arabs actually say the numbers from right to left. It's "one and fifty", not "fifty one".
- cubefox 1y agoIt's also written right to left. And in general, natural language is "little-endian": Less significant information tends to be mentioned first.[1] 1: https://www.thoughtco.com/given-before-new-principle-linguistics-1690815 https://www.thoughtco.com/given-before-new-principle-linguis...