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  • From: Bearpecs AT aol.com
  • To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Qames or Qames-Hatuph
  • Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2002 11:10:25 EST

In a message dated 1/7/02 5:41:36 AM Eastern Standard Time, 06peterson AT cua.edu writes:


the shva can be counted as closing a syllable (so-called "silent" shva) or as the vowel in a syllable.


Technically, the vocal shewa is not the vowel in a syllable, it connects the consonant to the following consonant into one syllable.
In we'okhela. the syllables are we - 'o - khela.



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