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Re: [b-hebrew] final alef

From: "Yitzhak Sapir" <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
To: "hebrew list" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] final alef
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 15:24:36 +0000

On 8/17/07, Dr Raoul Comninos wrote:
> 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?

Yes. The alef in this case was possibly/probably not orthographical in
earlier pronunciation traditions of Hebrew, but in the Tiberian Hebrew
represented by the vowels, it was. The situation is similar to the -h
ending in singular feminine nouns.

Yitzhak Sapir

[b-hebrew] final alef, Dr Raoul Comninos, 08/17/2007
- Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, Yitzhak Sapir, 08/17/2007
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  - Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, Petr Tomasek, 08/18/2007
    - Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, K Randolph, 08/18/2007
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- [b-hebrew] final alef, Uri Hurwitz, 08/18/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, Isaac Fried, 08/18/2007
  - Re: [b-hebrew] final alef, K Randolph, 08/20/2007