[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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