# Hebrew-reading Dopers, what does this picture say? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 8, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319 "2014-01-08T22:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/1 "2014-01-08T22:22:24Z")
I don’t have any good OCR software to read the Hebrew alphabet, and even if I did, I’ve got no good way to get it to read Hebrew script from a jpg file. I’ve got no good way to determine what [this sign](http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/258450/slide_258450_1867833_free.jpg?1355244621459) says. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/2 "2014-01-08T22:27:05Z")
The big letters are Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh, which is the sacred four-letter name of G-d. Perhaps you’ve heard of it by the name “Tetragrammaton.” The small letters say “In this, you have a choice. You know that this is a myth.” That last word seems to simply be the word “myth” transliterated as best as they can into Hebrew. I don’t know if that’s a standard word in modern Hebrew, but it’s not one I’ve seen until now, but given the context, that’s almost certainly what it means. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/3 "2014-01-08T22:37:41Z")
Look, I don’t think it ought to be blasphemy, just saying “Jehovah”! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/4 "2014-01-08T22:41:46Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > The small letters say “In this, you have a choice. You know that this is a myth.” So, basically, it just Hebrew for what it says above in English? ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/5 "2014-01-08T23:20:07Z")
Yes. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/6 "2014-01-09T00:21:24Z")
The [Arabic ones](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/friendlyatheist/2012/03/01/new-atheist-billboards-are-in-arabic-and-hebrew/) have “Allah” and the same text below the English in Arabic script. ---
**Author:** ![Happyasaclam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7c8e57/32.png) [@Happyasaclam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happyasaclam)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2014, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/7 "2014-01-09T00:48:58Z")
Thx for the link Jayjay. Love the last paragraph about security, you know just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hebrew-reading-dopers-what-does-this-picture-say/678319/8 "2014-01-10T02:43:24Z")
> [@cmkeller](#): > > The big letters are Yod-Heh-Vav-Heh, which is the sacred four-letter name of G-d. Perhaps you’ve heard of it by the name “Tetragrammaton.” > > The small letters say “In this, you have a choice. You know that this is a myth.” That last word seems to simply be the word “myth” transliterated as best as they can into Hebrew. I don’t know if that’s a standard word in modern Hebrew, but it’s not one I’ve seen until now, but given the context, that’s almost certainly what it means. Thanks!