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  • From: Sébastien Louis <sebalou AT hotmail.com>
  • To: B Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [b-hebrew] Qames hatuph - syllable and sheva
  • Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 11:06:24 +0000


Hello,





I’ve got one question
about the qames and qames-hatuph (linked also with the sheva and the
syllabes). If the qames is
in a closed, unaccented syllable, it is pronounced qames-hatuph. Take these 2
words:
לְבָבְךָ








הָקְטַל




My question is: why do we pronounce "le-va-ve-kha" (and not "le-vov-kha") on
the
one hand; and on the other hand, “hoq-tal”? Both cases
seem to me identical, i.e. a qames in a closed, unaccented syllable. So why 2
different rules?




In
other words, why is the qames in the first case a
qames and not a qames-hatuph since it is followed by a sheva, so in a
closed,
unaccented syllable (I presume the accent falls on the last
syllable)? Or, to say it again differently, why is the syllable "va" in
"le-va-ve-kah" open and not closed, since followed by a sheva?





Many thanks in advance if you can help.


Sébastien Louis



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