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  • 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




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