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short or long

From: "yosef limbers" <hebrew2day AT hotmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
Subject: short or long
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2002 16:01:42 -0500

In the 3rd person plural (M or F) perfect tense how do you tell if the
vowel is long or short, or if the shva is silent or vocal?
I know the functions of the shva, but when the vowel is a gamets(before
conjugated) does it change?

GEORGE ATHAS said :"A shewa that is the fourth item in a syllable will
always be a silent shewa that
closes a syllable."

Does this apply to word?

short or long, yosef limbers, 01/12/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: short or long, Polycarp66, 01/13/2002
- RE: short or long, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 01/13/2002
- RE: short or long, Trevor & Julie Peterson, 01/13/2002
- RE: short or long, Peter Kirk, 01/13/2002