Qames or Qames-Hatuph
Lisbeth S. Fried
lizfried at umich.edu
Sun Jan 6 17:38:19 EST 2002
Arent' there only a few words in which the qamets is pronounced like a
holom?
(Is that what we're talking about here?)
If so, can't one just learn the list? qol is one. I think it's a small list.
I remember breaking my head over this in beginning Hebrew, and then just
deciding that if I ever was going to read torah from the bima, I'd just get
a tape.
When else does it matter anyway?????
I'll wait for the flames.
Liz
-----Original Message-----
From: Trevor & Julie Peterson [mailto:06peterson at cua.edu]
Sent: Sun, January 06, 2002 5:28 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: RE: Qames or Qames-Hatuph
I don't know that this actually answers the original question. Since a
shva can have two different functions, determining whether the syllable is
open or closed can get tricky.
Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics
-----Original Message-----
From: Polycarp66 at aol.com [mailto:Polycarp66 at aol.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 5:13 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Re: Qames or Qames-Hatuph
In a message dated 1/6/2002 9:59:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
hebrew2day at hotmail.com writes:
When the vowel sign for (Qames or Qames-Hatuph) is right before a
sheva ,
how does one know if the vowel is a Qames or Qames-Hatuph?
Also please list some extra rules if they apply.
Weingreen (p. 12) states,
"Since the vowel-sign [omitted] is used to represent both Qames 'a' and
Qames-Hatuph 'o', we have to determine when it is (long) 'a' and when
(short) 'o'. The rule enunciated on p. 7 is her applied thus:--If the
vowel-sign [omitted] occurs in a closed unaccented syllable it must be short
and is therefore (short) 'o' = Qames-Hatuph. If, on the other hand, it
occurs in an open syllable, or in a syllable which, though closed, is
accented, then it is long and therefore (long) 'a' = Qames. [Examples
omitted]
gfsomsel ---
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