...I am sure that if there had been a real pronunciation distinction here the Masoretes would have found a way to indicate it. All this half-lengthening stuff sounds like 19th century German over-classification (and it does come from Gesenius).
If it is voiced, how can I decide whether sheva is voiced or not in any word of this pattern?
You would have to know whether the consonant should be lengthened. If
it's a verbal inflection, you would know based on parsing. Even if it's
not, you could generally tell by the preceding vowel.
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