A question about transliteration schemes

[Jason]

Why not learn a purely academic transcription system and avoid something outdated and messy like this? The word בֵית would be ḇêṯ according to the academic system. You should learn to understand messy, antiquated systems of transliteration, but using them will do you no favors in the wide world, where no one on either side of the question will understand what you're intending them to read.