Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Uri Hurwitz <uhurwitz AT yahoo.com>]

 What about the poor Xiriq Xaser or the unfortunate Seghol - aren't these  
hitherto neglected short vowels expected to be followed by a Dagesh, or in 
the case of all three, by a quiescent Sh'wa? In short, don't they appear in 
what ancient grammerians called 'closed' syllables?

  Of course, some modern grammarians argue that the case is opposite - that 
the Dagesh forte shortened the preceeding vowel for phonetic reason.
But this is another matter.

  Humbly,  

  Uri Hurwitz                           Great Neck, NY

 

 


I notice that in both examples a dagesh follows a patax as expected.

Isaac Fried, Boston University