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[b-hebrew] final alef

From: "Dr Raoul Comninos" <capechurch AT gmail.com>
To: "hebrew list" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [b-hebrew] final alef
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 10:17:56 +0200

How would one properly pronounce the following two words:

X"+:) sin

GAY:) valley

Am I correct in taking these to be monosyllabic with silent shewa in
both cases. If so, Alef would be purely orthographical in both
instances?

Dr Raoul Comninos
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[b-hebrew] final alef, Dr Raoul Comninos, 08/17/2007
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