Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Is the yod in "Yisrael" a Hebrew vowel letter?
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2004 16:21:59 -0500
David P Donnelly wrote:
Is the yod in "Yisrael"
[yod-Hireq-Sin-Shewa-Resh-Qamets-Aleph-Tsere-Lamedh]
a Hebrew vowel letter?
No. The only vowel letter that ever appears word-initially is the u-form
of the conjunction. If this yod were a vowel letter, it could not be
followed by a vowel.