Here we transliterate Hebrew text from Hebrew script to Arabic script, all letters of the Hebrew alphabet, plus 3 vowels are transliterated.

hebrew_to_arabic_transliteration_Dec7_2021_episode.go

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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
)

const HEBREW_COL = 0
const ARABIC_COL = 1

// turn demo mode on, if you cannot give user input
// For example at the Go playground at go.dev/play
const DEMO_MODE bool = true
// Transliteration table was made using
// a spreadsheet program,
// and the spreadsheet is saved at https://ethercalc.net/hwezfx1qtmmd

var transliterationTable = [][2]string{
	{"\u05D0", "\u0627"}, {"\u05D1", "\u0628"}, {"\u05D2", "\u062C"}, {"\u05D3", "\u062F"}, {"\u05D4", "\u0647"}, {"\u05D5", "\u0648"}, {"\u05D6", "\u0632"}, {"\u05D7", "\u062D"}, {"\u05D8", "\u0637"}, {"\u05D9", "\u064A"}, {"\u05DB", "\u0643"}, {"\u05DC", "\u0644"},
	{"\u05DE", "\u0645"}, {"\u05DD", "\u0645"}, {"\u05E0", "\u0646"}, {"\u05DF", "\u0646"}, {"\u05E1", "\u0633"},
	{"\u05E2", "\u0639"}, {"\u05E4", "\u0641"}, {"\u05E3", "\u0641"}, {"\u05E7", "\u0642"}, {"\u05E8", "\u0631"}, {"\u05E9", "\u0634"}, {"\u05EA", "\u062A"},
	{"?", "\u061F"}, // Arabic question mark
	{",", "\u060C"}, // Arabic comma
	{"\u05B4", "\u0650"},
	{"\u05B7", "\u064E"}, {"\u05BB", "\u064F"},
	{"\u05DA", "\u0643"}, // Hebrew letter final kaf
	{"\u05E5", "\u0635"}, // Hebrew letter final tsadi
}

func main() {
	fmt.Println("Arabic to Hebrew transliteration")
	fmt.Println("The transliteration table is:", transliterationTable)

	var hebrewTextInput string
	if DEMO_MODE {
		hebrewTextInput = "אבגדהוזחטיכלמנסעפקרשת ךםןץף ,? אִאַאֻ   א"
	} else {
		fmt.Scanf("%s", &hebrewTextInput)
	}
	fmt.Println("Hebrew input:", hebrewTextInput)

	var transliteration = transliterate(hebrewTextInput)
	fmt.Println("Arabic:", transliteration)
	fmt.Println("Subscribe to youtube.com/GrassDewMorning")
}

func transliterate(hebrewText string) string {
	var arabicText string

	for len(hebrewText) > 0 {
		var haveMatch bool

		for _, row := range transliterationTable {
			if strings.HasPrefix(hebrewText, row[HEBREW_COL]) {
				haveMatch = true
				arabicText += row[ARABIC_COL]
				hebrewText = strings.TrimPrefix(hebrewText, row[HEBREW_COL])
			}
		}

		if !haveMatch {
			var firstCharacter string
			var charactersInHebrewText = []rune(hebrewText)
			firstCharacter = string(charactersInHebrewText[0])
			// DO THE ABOVE,
			// DO NOT DO THIS: hebrewText[0] BAD!!!!

			hebrewText = strings.TrimPrefix(hebrewText, firstCharacter)

			// Preserve untransliteratable characters as-is:
			arabicText += firstCharacter
		}

	}

	return arabicText
}