The e represents a mobile shewa, which in Mesoretic tradition is pronounced
as a very short "e". But as long as you have one, who cares?
Yigal Levin
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From: Isaac Fried [mailto:if AT math.bu.edu]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2010 2:35 PM
To: Yigal Levin
Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Gemar Hatimah Tovah
It is GMAR not GEMAR, methinks.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Sep 17, 2010, at 8:09 AM, Yigal Levin wrote:
> At the onset of the Yom Kippur fast, let me wish all B-Hebrew
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> Gemar Hatimah Tovah; may you all be sealed in the books of life,
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> The Israel and Golda Koschitzky
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> Department of Jewish History
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