Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>]

sebastien, pere,

sebastien's example includes one noun and one verb in the past tense. 

i vaguely remember that verbs in past and future follow one
set of nikud rules plus syllable stress, and all the rest 
(including verbs in present and nouns) follows a second set. 

pere, could this explain the difference?

nir cohen

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>>> Pere,

million thanks for your explanations, very clear in this particular case. As
I'm still a beginner in biblical Hebrew, may I ask if there is a general rule
saying when we should pronounce qamats and when we should pronounce
qamats-hatuph? I thought that in every closed, unaccented syllabe, it was
qamats-hatuph. But I see that there are many exceptions and cases where it is
not the case...

Thanks again,

Sébastien Louis