Biblical Hebrew Forum

[decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca (Vincent DeCaen)]

does anyone know of an explanation for the variation in simple vs
composite schwa with initial-guttural verbs? GKC just describes it, and
offers the distinction between firmly vs loosely closed: but since it's
the same syllables with the same gutturals, this is hardly an explanation.
and yet, the variation does not appear to be totally random....

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Dr Vincent DeCaen     <decaen AT chass.utoronto.ca>
c/o Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations, 4 Bancroft Ave., 2d floor
University of Toronto, Toronto ON, CANADA, M5S 1A1

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