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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] shewa in imperative
  • Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2005 21:12:08 +0300

Let's take a word of paal mould in English, and compare

[to] harass
harass [him]!
harass [him]?

In questioning, both vowels elongated compared to neutral tone.
In exclamation, I hear more like, h(e)rass! The second vowel in this example
is still a, but change to o is likely. Perhaps a-o shift is shortening
(kamatz-katan) rather than elongation (holam). The point, however, is
reduction of the first vowel. Try military commands, still clearer.

catav - c'tov!

Vadim Cherny





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