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  • From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
  • To: Trevor Peterson <06peterson AT cua.edu>
  • Cc: 'B-Hebrew' <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Hebrew transliteration
  • Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:46:03 -0800

On 19/01/2004 12:26, Trevor Peterson wrote:

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If it is voiced, how can I decide whether sheva is voiced or not in any word of this pattern?


You would have to know whether the consonant should be lengthened. If
it's a verbal inflection, you would know based on parsing. Even if it's
not, you could generally tell by the preceding vowel.


I am sure that if there had been a real pronunciation distinction here the Masoretes would have found a way to indicate it. All this half-lengthening stuff sounds like 19th century German over-classification (and it does come from Gesenius).


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