Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Karl Randolph" <kwrandolph AT email.com>]

Fernando:

When I studied Hebrew in college, I was told that Yeminite Jews pronounced 
“waw” as an English “w”. Pronouncing it as an English “v” comes from German 
(Yiddisch) which doesn’t have that sound.

As for the Ayin, I was not given such clear information.

Karl W. Randolph.


----- Original Message -----
From: "frater three" <fraterthree AT lycos.com>

> Dear erudite members,
> 
> Does anybody know scholarly evidence about the Biblical pronunciation of 
> Vav as Waw? Do the Ethiopian and Yemeni Jews keep the Biblical 
> pronunciation of Waw and Ayin? Does anybody know references to how the 
> Ethiopian and Yemeni Jews pronounce Waw and Ayin?
> 
> Thanks in advance for any answer,
> 
> Fernando
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