Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

>
> The first syllable is not a closed syllable. Ask any competent
> Torah-reader.
> The proper pronunciation is a-me-ru, sha-le-xu. Were it a closed syllable,
> the qamats would be a qamats qatan, and the pronunciation would be om-ru,
> shol-xu etc.
>
> Now, why the Mesoretes used identical signs for a long a and for a short o
> is another question.
>
> Yigal Levin
>

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But if so.. then......... there is no difference with the same conjugation,
tense and person when in pause, as we have it in $FM"(W (shame'u) (2Ki
17:14) between others...

Heartly,

Pere Porta

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>
>
> From: Pere Porta [mailto:pporta7 AT gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 7:36 AM
> To: Yigal Levin
> Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Why not patah?
>

>
>
> Dear list,
>
>
>
> We all know that the vowel of the first syllable in the Qal Perfect, third
> person plural,  of regular verbs (shelemim) is qamats.
>
> And so,
>
>
>
> --)FM:RW, they said (Ps 64:6)
>
> --$FLXW, they sent (Jr 14:3)
>
> and so on.
>
>
>
> My question is: why a qamats and not a patah?
>
>
>
> Reasons like "tradition", "custom"... are not welcome.
>
>
>
> I'm trying to know and understand why a qamats and not a patah, mainly if
> we
> consider that this first syllable is a closed syllable.
>
>
>
> Would there be any trouble if patah was used here in the place of qamats?
>
>
>
> Pere Porta
>
> (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain)
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Pere Porta