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  • From: Chavoux Luyt <chavoux AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] b-hebrew Digest, Vol 102, Issue 18
  • Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2011 23:07:25 +0200

Hi Isaac

You wrote:
> You may be wrong in thinking that different "points" represent different
> readings.
> Spoken Hebrew does not distinguish between a segol and a cere, and rightly
> so.
But this depends on your pronunciation: AFAIK the Azkenazi
pronunciation do make a distinction between the two. So, this might
reflect the "original" pronunciation of the time when the nikkud was
developed.

Regards
Chavoux Luyt




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