Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

To augment Pere's answer:

Knowledge of vocabulary helps immensely here. The first word you cite is a 
noun with a suffix. The basic lexical form of this word is לֵבָב, in which 
the qames falls in the accented syllable. It, therefore, cannot be a qames 
hatuph (which can only occur in unaccented syllables). This does not change 
when a pronominal accent is added, even though the accent shifts to another 
syllable.

In your second example, as Pere noted, there is a short O-class vowel being 
employed. This is what the paradigm requires.


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