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Maps to: English letter H
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Pronunciation
Dee's Original
Historical EvidencePrimary records and manuscript witnesses[h] in most positions; silent in the digraphs ch [k/tʃ], ph [f], sh [ʃ], th [θ]; silent after a vowel (in which case the vowel is lengthened)
h
≈ Like English 'h'; silent in 'ch', 'ph', 'sh', 'th'
Golden Dawn
Later InterpretationPost-Dee adaptation or commentaryPronounced [heɪ] as a syllable
heɪ
≈ Like 'hay'
Modern Practice
Traditional Occult ClaimTradition-specific interpretive frameworkPronounced as English 'h'
h
Historical Reception
Strong Scholarly ConsensusSustained agreement across peer scholarshipMapped to the English letter H. The digraph system (ch, ph, sh, th) exactly mirrors English orthographic conventions, not Latin or Greek.
Source: Leitch (2010b), pp. 23-24
What Scholars Have Observed
Leitch
Strong Scholarly ConsensusSustained agreement across peer scholarshipDee indicated in some places that 'ch' is to be pronounced as [k], following the same ambiguity found in English loanwords from Greek.