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  • 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?




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