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  • From: Christopher Kimball <transcriber AT tanach.us>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Unpointed
  • Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 10:23:39 -0400


Although the scrolls are always unpointed, the reader is expected to read using the Masoretic pointing and qere sections. Usually, the reader's pronunciation is checked from a pointed text by an assistant. There's no opportunity to be creative in pronouncing the consonants.

Chris Kimball
West Redding, CT
USA




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