Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 03:30:15 +0300
JCR: This also seems to be a limitation of my ears as well. Because every
time
I listen to a demonstration of someone who claims to be able to do it I
always
hear the 'he' as the start of the new syllable.
That relates to the point I was making some time ago about schwa and dagesh.
Stressed syllables pull the adjacent consonants, unless the stop is
introduced. That is what the Masoretes did.
Compare ni.zcAr - ni.'car, but the Masoretic niz.car. Or Av.raham vs.
A.bram.
Now, when you pronounce waw in YHWH as v, syllable-final guttural hey is no
problem (I don't suggest that pronunciation, just following your example) if
you distinctly syllabify the word, yh.vh or even yh.(bh)h. When, however,
you use soft w-u, such stop is almost lost, and hey disappears.
Since, however, hey does not take schwa, hey was vocalized, and yeh.wa
became ye.ho.wa.
Vadim Cherny
Re: [b-hebrew] consonant vowel order of )EHYEH & YAHWEH,
Vadim Cherny, 10/03/2005