Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>]

The difference between het and kaph without the dagesh is that the het 
is more breathy, where the kaph is more solid.

In Tiberian Hebrew there is no ghayin/ayin distinction - as the ayin can 
not receive a dagesh. Concidering that the word Gamorrah is spelled with 
a Greek Gamma  when translated the ayin is most likely more like the 
Arabic ghayin. The sound of this is almost like a drowning/gargling sound.

The Gimel without the dagesh is like the English letter "J".

Another letter of importance (which you didn't list) is the letter Qof, 
which is like a choking/gagging sound - like if you were trying to make 
yourself throw up by just using your throat.

Hope that helps.

B"H
John Steven

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Gabe Eisenstein wrote:
> I'm a simple Anglophone whose only real foreign language is French, with 
> a smattering of German. I quickly get lost in the IPA chart. My question 
> here is perhaps only clearly answerable in an audio file. If you know of 
> any to point me to, that would be great. Otherwise try your best with text.
>
> What I want to know (hear; be able to produce) are the differences (if 
> any) between the following:
>
> heth
> soft kaph
> ayin
> ghayin
> soft gimel
> final consonant of Scottish "loch"
> penultimate consonant of German "nicht"
> [others you think relevant here, including from Arabic]
>
>
> thanks,
>
> Gabe Eisenstein
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