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[b-hebrew] Re: masoretes (Matres Lectionis)

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Subject: [b-hebrew] Re: masoretes (Matres Lectionis)
Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2013 15:00:37 -0600

On 2013-07-15 16:25, Will Parsons wrote:
> Minor quibble:
> when used in diphthongs,
> they were essentially being used for their consonantal value,
> rather than as matres lectionis.
> (But I think monophthongization of diphthongs
> could contribute to the use of waw and yodh as matres lectionis.)

It may be a minor quibble, but your quibble is an important quibble. This is more-or-less what my mind was thinking when I wrote, but I totally failed to express it when I wrote.

Many thanks for pointing out and clarifying this.

-- Ratson Naharädama

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