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  • From: "George Athas" <gathas AT hotkey.net.au>
  • To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Pronunciation of WAW
  • Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 20:13:15 +1100


| Do you have them distinguish all the begadkefat letters as well?
| e.g. non-dagesh Tau as "th," non-dagesh daleth as voiced "th" and
| so forth? In college I had one prof who did and one who didn't; the
| one who didn't only distinguished beth, kaf and pe and kept the
| others "hard" all the time. I've picked up that approach myself, but I
| sometimes wonder if I should have.

I'm the same, Dave. No I don't distinguish them, though I often wonder
whether I should.


Best regards,

GEORGE ATHAS
(Sydney, Australia)







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