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  • From: Trevor Peterson <06PETERSON AT cua.edu>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: RE: [b-hebrew] shewa following conjunctive waw
  • Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 07:17:04 -0500

>===== Original Message From "Jason Hare" <jason AT hareplay.com> =====
>I have to agree with George (gfsomsel). I think it is indeed vocal. The
>shurek is a long vowel, so it would indicate that it is NOT a closed
>syllable.

How do you know it's long? Shurek is nothing more than a kubutz when a vav is
present. Granted, in a lot of cases vav as a mater marks long-u, but I'll
point out again that this is an odd case.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics





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