Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>]

On 26/01/2004 10:59, Harold R. Holmyard III wrote:

> Dear Jason,
>
> That is my understanding, too, that the Shurek is never short in biblical
> Hebrew. See GKC 9n.
>
>  
But GKC 9o, the very next subsection, mentions exceptions to this rule, 
giving as examples HW.K.FH Ps 102:5; YW.L.FD Job 5:7; K.W.L.FM Jer 
31:34; M:&W.K.FTOW Isa 5:5; (:ARW.M.IYM Gen 2:25. In these cases 
followed by dagesh forte the syllable is unambiguously closed, and 
presumably indicated as unstressed.

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