Biblical Hebrew Grammar: Diphthongs, Accentuation And Masoretic Signs

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Diphthongs may be formed in two ways:

Back 1

①With a (waw) and a (yod) after a V

②F.p slide-in patakh

Front 2

Syllable: types

Back 2

Open: end on a V

Closed: end on a C

Front 3

Hebrew syllables: 3 things

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①always begin with a C

② may be open/closed

③ usually no consonant clusters within a sylla (sylla starts with 1 C and closed sylla ends with only 1 C).

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Accentuation: Three rules

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①In a word < usually falls on the final sylla

② In words with V-pattern: seg-seg, seg-tsere, seg-holem, pata-pata, < falls on 2nd-last sylla

③ In a clause < usually falls on the stressed syllas of the last word.

Front 5

Additional accentuation occur in words consisting of 3 syllas, with prim [<] on final sylla, (i) where does the secondary [<] fall? (ii) What indicates this?

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(i) third last sylla (ii) the metheg

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Distribution of Vs in syllas: Half v occur in...

Back 6

Open, unaccented syllas

Front 7

Short Vs occur in...

Back 7

Closed, unaccented syllas

Front 8

Short Vs can also occur in...

Back 8

Open, accented syllas

Front 9

Long Vs usually occur in...regardless of whether sylla is accented or not

Back 9

Open syllas

Front 10

Long Vs can also occur in...

Back 10

Closed, accented syllas