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Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?

From: Trevor Peterson <06peterson AT cua.edu>
To: David P Donnelly <davedonnelly1 AT juno.com>
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:21:59 -0500

David P Donnelly wrote:

Is the yod in "Yisrael" [yod-Hireq-Sin-Shewa-Resh-Qamets-Aleph-Tsere-Lamedh] a Hebrew vowel letter?

No. The only vowel letter that ever appears word-initially is the u-form of the conjunction. If this yod were a vowel letter, it could not be followed by a vowel.

Trevor Peterson
CUA/Semitics

[b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?, David P Donnelly, 02/28/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?, Harold R. Holmyard III, 02/28/2004
- Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?, Trevor Peterson, 02/28/2004
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?, David P Donnelly, 02/28/2004
  - Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?, Yigal Levin, 02/28/2004