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  • From: "Trevor & Julie Peterson" <06peterson AT cua.edu>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: RE: Qames or Qames-Hatuph
  • Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:27:38 -0500

I don't know that this actually answers the original question. Since a shva can have two different functions, determining whether the syllable is open or closed can get tricky.
 
Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics
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Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 5:13 PM
To: Biblical Hebrew
Subject: Re: Qames or Qames-Hatuph

In a message dated 1/6/2002 9:59:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, hebrew2day AT hotmail.com writes:


When the vowel sign for (Qames or Qames-Hatuph) is right before a sheva ,
how does one know if the vowel is a Qames or Qames-Hatuph?
Also please list some extra rules if they apply.


Weingreen (p. 12) states,

"Since the vowel-sign [omitted] is used to represent both Qames 'a' and Qames-Hatuph 'o', we have to determine when it is (long) 'a' and when (short) 'o'.  The rule enunciated on p. 7 is her applied thus:--If the vowel-sign [omitted] occurs in a closed unaccented syllable it must be short and is therefore (short) 'o' = Qames-Hatuph.  If, on the other hand, it occurs in an open syllable, or in a syllable which, though closed, is accented, then it is long and therefore (long) 'a' = Qames. [Examples omitted]

gfsomsel
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