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Dear Harold,

patah (as in haburah) is NEVER reduced to hatef.
Besides, even if reduction would be there, dagesh would remain.


Sincerely,

Vadim Cherny


> >To begin with, haburah is a different word from havurah, since otherwise
you
> >cannot account for hatef (ex-kamatz) in havurah.
>
> HH: The hatef is there because of the 3ms pronominal suffix that has
> been added to XBRH in Isa 53:5. When you add a pronoun suffix, it
> often reduces the first vowel of the noun.
>
> Yours,
> Harold Holmyard
>
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