Biblical Hebrew Forum

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      For the Pe Nun - LQX - Qal Perfect 2MS they have: 
      LFQFX:TF 


    This is right in PAUSE. 


      but shouldn't it be: 
      LFQAX:TF 


    This is right in dynamic position (not pause) 


  Explain what you mean by pause.
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  Every verse in the Hebrew Bible has two PAUSES:

  --Towards the middle of the verse --- marked by an accent called "atnac"
  --At the verse end.

  Now, given a word spelled with a brief vowel  ---let us say "$EME$", sun--  
 this brief vowel becomes LONG or changes to another vowel when the word is 
found in PAUSE.

  So, for instance, the name $EME$ becomes $FME$ in a pausal situation.

  Compare: Jos 10:12 versus the last word in Jdg 20:43.

  Pere Porta