Biblical Hebrew Forum

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

dear b-haverim,

hitherto tiberian pause has been thought to come in two flavours: major
pause (silluq, athnach) and minor pause (lesser accents). but there are
pause-like behaviours elsewhere, not accounted for.

i'm proposing a working hypothesis, and i wondered if anyone had any
ideas, or has seen the idea anticipated elsewhere.

"phrasal pause": for two prosodic words (W) phrased together [W1 W2], if
W2 is in pause, so is W1. hence phrasal pause.  i believe this approach
might solve some vowel alternations in the tiberian reading.

any thoughts, suggestions?

henry churchyard, are you out there? what do you think?

sholom,
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