Talk:Jacob Rakkah

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Should the surname be spelled Rakah, Rakkah, Raqah, or Raccah (as the subject's modern-day cousin, a notable historian, spells it?). (This will also influence the spelling of Mas'ud Hai Rakah.) Also, should the first name be Anglicized as Jacob? Yoninah (talk) 22:13, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

I am not sure whether a rarely encountered Romanization or a 'standardized' scholarly one should be used for the page's name; in any case, both should be mentioned in the lead. "Rok(e)ach" is simply a mistake and, at best, should be relegated to a footnote—are there any high-quality sources that use it? Note that an academic transcription, using a 'q' to represent the ק‎, is problematic in this case, as some Raccahs of Libya (though not including the subject's known relatives) spelled their name רכאח‎.

As for the subject's given name, my personal preference is that standard English equivalents should be used for common Hebrew names, as I think they are in scholarly publications. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 20:23, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't understand. Do you advocate any spelling for the surname? Yoninah (talk) 21:18, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

In short: Ra(c/cc/k/kk/q/qq)a(h/ḥ), I don't care which, though Rakkaḥ or Raccah is probably the best choice (used, for example, by the respectable-looking A History of the Jews in North Africa. הסרפד (call me Hasirpad) 21:53, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. Since "Raccah" is only used in this source and by the modern-day historian, I suggest going with "Rakkah", which I've seen in other scholarly sources. Yoninah (talk) 21:56, 1 February 2015 (UTC)

 Done Yoninah (talk) 09:55, 2 February 2015 (UTC)

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