[b-hebrew] gutturals and composite shewa, Peter Kirk
David P Donnelly
davedonnelly1 at juno.com
Tue Sep 6 18:56:07 EDT 2005
In an earlier post today,
I had quoted a grammar rule [e.g. Note] that was posted on Hebrew for
Christians at the link below:
http://www.hebrew4christians.com/
Click on [Grammar]
Click on [Unit Two: The Vowels]
Click on [A-Type Vowels]
The Rule [e.g. Note] said:
>>>
The Chateph Patach is sometimes called a half vowel and is the shortest
of all vowels:
it can only appear under the guttural letters (and is usually part of the
following syllable).
>>>
The above Rule [e.g. Note] is definitely an error,
as Peter Kirk has listed 166 cases [160 excluding Aramaic]
in which a hatef patah is found under a non-guttural letter in the
Westminster Leningrad Codex text.
In the first four cases that Peter listed,
a hatef-patah is found under three different non-guttural letters.
A second grammar rule [e.g. Note] that I posted was also erroneous:
>>>
The Chateph Segol is sometimes called a half vowel and is the shortest
of all vowels:
it can only appear under the guttural letters.
>>>
My apologies for posting these two erroneous Hebrew Grammar rules [e.g.
Notes].
Dave Donnelly
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