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  • From: George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>
  • To: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] is it logical?
  • Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2010 08:04:37 +0000

Yes, the position of the accent makes the difference, Pere. The suffixes have
different accents, which means the first syllable in אבינו is pretonic, but
the first syllable in אביהם is propretonic. That makes all the difference.


GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au




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