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Re: [b-hebrew] shwa, shtayim and sharp taw

From: "Ken Penner" <ken.penner AT acadiau.ca>
To: "Herman Meester" <crazymulgogi AT gmail.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] shwa, shtayim and sharp taw
Date: Thu, 9 Mar 2006 21:30:02 -0400

Lambdin section 10 says, "The Shewa sign under the first consonant of a word
always represents ə ... [The various forms of the number two (fem.) are the
only exceptions]."
The Shewa in שתים $TYM is silent; the word begins with two consonants:
Shtayim.
Contrast the Shewa in $NYM, which is vocal: Shənayim.

Ken Penner
Post-biblical Hebrew/Acadia
Hebrew vocabulary memorization software: http://s91279732.onlinehome.us/flash

> Now I was wondering, what have the members heard of their
> teachers, when they first learned Hebrew, regarding the
> shwa-issue?

[b-hebrew] shwa, shtayim and sharp taw, Herman Meester, 03/09/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] shwa, shtayim and sharp taw, Yitzhak Sapir, 03/10/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] shwa, shtayim and sharp taw, Ken Penner, 03/09/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] shwa, shtayim and sharp taw, Karl Randolph, 03/10/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] shwa, shtayim and sharp taw, Rochelle Altman, 03/10/2006