BTW, one of the things that keeps me liking these two suggestions (andJason, I have never suggested that the first he is an unpronounced mater. There is no need to insert a vowel after he to make sure it is pronounced. In the form I preferred, where it is pointed with a sheva, it is a fully pronounced root consonant, as always when non-final, even in LIH:YOWT etc. And he can be pronounced word finally, when it is pointed with mappiq to indicate that it is not a mater. This accords with the general rule that a base letter with any kind of pointing is never silent, but that a non-final base letter without pointing, unless followed by full holem or shuruq, is silent.
that's all they are) is that they maintain the consonantal nature of the
first Heh. I just don't think that Heh would tend to be a /mater lectionis/
in the middle of a word. I know that it (sorta) happens in forms of HYH -- LiH:YoWT, &c. However, I don't think that it would function as a normal -ah
within a word. Are there examples of this happening? Heh is normally a
/mater/ at the end of a word.
Jason
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