Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

At 05:53 PM 8/24/2002 -0700, frater three wrote:
>Dear members,
>I have some questions on the pronunciation of some words of Genesis 2:7:
>1)Why does the word B)PYW is pronounced as "beapav" without the Yod sound?
For me, it should be "beapayv".

The yod is a matres lectones, or "reading guide", to avoid possible confusion
and reading "beapo".
 

>2)The right pronunciation of WYHY is "vayehy" or "vayhy"? I know a shewa
is pronounced after a closed syllable and it's not pronounced after an open
syllable, so this pronunciation should be "vayhy". 

You are correct in theory, but the shewa` nah is sometimes difficult to
(not) pronounce before a guttural.

>Thanks in advance for your answers or any corrections,
>Fernando
>
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