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  • From: Trevor Peterson <06peterson AT cua.edu>
  • To: David P Donnelly <davedonnelly1 AT juno.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?
  • Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:21:59 -0500

David P Donnelly wrote:

Is the yod in "Yisrael" [yod-Hireq-Sin-Shewa-Resh-Qamets-Aleph-Tsere-Lamedh] a Hebrew vowel letter?

No. The only vowel letter that ever appears word-initially is the u-form of the conjunction. If this yod were a vowel letter, it could not be followed by a vowel.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics




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