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  • From: Leslie Train <ltrain AT oise.utoronto.ca>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] root pronunciation query
  • Date: Thu, 09 Nov 2006 22:56:55 -0500

In Hosea 14.6, how is the word for 'its roots' to be pronounced? The singular root has a short o under the first -sh-, but it would appear that in the plural the vowel changes to a qamets gadol. Is it analogous to 'head' - o vowel in the singular, and qamets in the plural, or should it have a qamets qatan under the first 'sh, and be pronounced shorashim?

Thank you in advance for your input

Les Train





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