[b-hebrew] Verbal accent
Harold R. Holmyard III
hholmyard at ont.com
Thu Dec 30 11:40:10 EST 2004
Dear C,
>Would it be correct to say that short vowels tend to "prefer" closed
>unaccented syllables or open accented syllables?
>
>In looking at the lexical form of the hebrew verb, qatal for
>example, why is the second syllable (the accented one) usually (I
>guess except for III-heh and III aleph verbs) pointed with patah and
>not qamets if it is accented and closed?
HH: The section in Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar to read on this is #26.
Section #27 is also helpful. It is the nature of the syllable which
suggests the length of the vowel.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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