Chai--pronunciation

Irene Riegner iriegner at concentric.net
Mon Feb 8 16:47:03 EST 1999


hi
How was xAy  (living, alive) thought to be pronounced in biblical
Hebrew---with a long "i" sound or a diphthong, "a-i?

Would anyone want to comment on the Ashkenazi pronunciation---is it
a long "i" or  a diphthong?

irene

p.s  Lloyd Barre, I do want to respond to an earlier post of
yours......




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