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Silent or vocal shewa?

From: "M & E Anstey" <anstey AT raketnet.nl>
To: "Hebraisticum" <hebraisticum AT MAIL.UNI-MAINZ.DE>, "B-Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Silent or vocal shewa?
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2000 21:39:07 +0200

Hello all,

It is usually stated that a shewa after an accented syllable is silent, but
what of the case of irregularly stressed 3fs qal perfects, such as found in
Gen 19:38, 30:21; Joe 4:13; Mal 1:9, etc which have the accent on the first
syllable? Is
this
shewa then silent or vocal, ie yáldah or yáledah, mál'ah or mále'ah, háytah
or háyetah, etc?
Does this rule about shewa after an
accented syllable apply in such a case? I can't anything clear about it in
Gesenius, but it may be in there somewhere.

What are your thoughts?

Regards,
Matthew Anstey
Vrije Universiteit, Nederland

Silent or vocal shewa?, M & E Anstey, 10/23/2000
- RE: Silent or vocal shewa?, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 10/23/2000