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[b-hebrew] Hataf qames / qames

From: "Christopher V. Kimball" <mail AT cvkimball.com>
To: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] Hataf qames / qames
Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 15:47:25 -0400

Is the hataf qames always pronounced with an "o" sound?

Why did the Masoretes choose a single vowel, qames, to represent either an "ah" sound or (for a non-accented, closed syllable) an "o" sound?

Chris Kimball

[b-hebrew] Hataf qames / qames, Christopher V. Kimball, 10/18/2006
- Re: [b-hebrew] Hataf qames / qames, Yitzhak Sapir, 10/18/2006