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RE: Chai--pronunciation

From: "Silberman, Alfred" <alfred.silberman AT lmco.com>
To: "'Irene Riegner'" <iriegner AT concentric.net>, "'Biblical Hebrew'" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: RE: Chai--pronunciation
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 1999 17:03:05 -0500

Ashkenazi pronunciation is a diphtong "xay" [rhymes with eye].

On what basis would one assume that it was pronounced with a xiriq?

Regards,
Al

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irene Riegner [SMTP:iriegner AT concentric.net]
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 4:47 PM
> To: Biblical Hebrew
> Subject: Chai--pronunciation
>
> 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?
>
>

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