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I was flipping through my old Hebrew textbook and came across something that 
I could never figure out.  Turn to 1 Sam 3:9

WFMART DABB"R YHWH KI SHOM'A` (`ABDDEKA)
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In Kittel they describe 'ABDDEKA as being "in pause" they say that it usually
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reads as 'ABDDKA notice the second shewa has turned into a segol and the 
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stress has moved from the last syllable to the second.

Is this because of the atnah??  Or is there more to it.
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Kelton Graham
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