If you check Even-Shoshan, your will see that it is not vocalized, so it has to be: g.a.b.d.
Yossi
At 02:10 PM 1/13/2005, you wrote:
Dear Group,
How do we transcribe the acronym "gimel,alef,bet,geresh,daled". Would it be "ga'avad" or "g. a.b.d."
Thanks,Heidi
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