Biblical Hebrew Forum

["George Athas" <gathas AT hotkey.net.au>]

A shewa that is the fourth item in a syllable will always be a silent shewa 
that closes a syllable.
In any other positions, the shewa will end the syllable, but it will be an 
open syllable.

PS- Shewa will usually not be written as the last item in a word.

As for the word "all" (KWL) -- I was taught to take the shortened form (with 
qames hatuf) with a
maqqef as being in construct with the followingf word, thus yielding "All 
of..." (not just
"All...").


Best regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)