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  • From: Irene Riegner <iriegner AT concentric.net>
  • To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Chai--pronunciation
  • Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 16:47:03 -0500


hi
How was xAy (living, alive) thought to be pronounced in biblical
Hebrew---with a long "i" sound or a diphthong, "a-i?

Would anyone want to comment on the Ashkenazi pronunciation---is it
a long "i" or a diphthong?

irene

p.s Lloyd Barre, I do want to respond to an earlier post of
yours......




  • Chai--pronunciation, Irene Riegner, 02/08/1999

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