Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Jason Hare" <jason AT hareplay.com>]

I must have just been duped into thinking it was the same textual signal. It
looks the same, anyway! LOL

Jason

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christopher V. Kimball" <kimball AT ntplx.net>
To: <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 7:16 AM
Subject: [b-hebrew] "Rafe" and the vocal sheva.


>
>
> Mesorah Publications, in its Artscroll prayerbook series (i.e. "Siddur
Eitz
> Chaim") uses a rafe-like horizontal line above a sheva-ed consonant to
> indicate a vocal sheva (sh'va na) except for the consonant that is the
> first in the word. This is very helpful, but has nothing to do with a
rafe,
> as I understand it.
>
> Chris Kimball
>
>
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