Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>]

What is the difference, then, between, say, the word 'ir (city), and 
'elohim? Thanks, Matt



The people I know in Israel who really pronounce ayin and aleph 
differently, are all my friends who are Yemenite Jews, and a handful 
of other Separdi Jews.

When you pronounce the ayin correctly, there is a big difference.

It is supposed to be pronounced from deep deep down in the throat.

Not so, the aleph.

shoshanna




> From: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
> Reply-To: Shoshanna Walker <rosewalk AT concentric.net>
> To: Biblical Hebrew <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
> Subject: Aleph and Ayin
> Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2001 14:05:04 -0500
>
> I am not aware that Aleph is ever phonetically (gutterally) equal to
> an Ayin, even if it is at the end of a word.
>
> Shoshanna