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what is the letter א
alef
what is the letter ב, בּ
bet
what is the letter ג, גּ
gimel
what is the letter ד, דּ
dalet
what is the letter ה
he
what is the letter ו
vav
what is the letter ז
zayin
what is the letter ח
het
what is the letter ט
tet
what is the letter י
yod
what is the letter כ, כּ, ךְ
kaf
what is the letter ל
lamed
what is the letter מ, ם
mem
what is the letter נ, ן
nun
what is the letter ס
samek
what is the letter ע
ayin
what is the letter פ, פּ, ף
pe
what is the letter צ, ץ
sade
what is the letter ק
qof
what is the letter ר
resh
what is the letter שׂ
sin
what is the letter ש
shin
what is the letter ת, תּ
tav
what comes before and after א
nothing before, bet after
what comes before and after ב, בּ
alef before, gimel after
what comes before and after ג, גּ
bet before, dalet after
what comes before and after ד, דּ
gimel before, he after
what comes before and after ה
dalet before, vav after
what comes before and after ו
he before, zayin after
what comes before and after ז
vav before, het after
what comes before and after ח
zayin before, tet after
what comes before and after ט
het before, yod after
what comes before and after י
tet before, kaf after
what comes before and after כ, כּ, ךְ
yod before, lamed after
what comes before and after ל
kaf before, mem after
what comes before and after מ, ם
lamed before, nun after
what comes before and after נ, ן
mem before, samek after
what comes before and after ס
nun before, ayin after
what comes before and after ע
samek before, pe after
what comes before and after פ, פּ, ף
ayin before, sade after
what comes before and after צ, ץ
pe before, qof after
what comes before and after ק
sade before, resh after
what comes before and after ר
qof before, sin after
what comes before and after שׂ
resh before, shin after
what comes before and after ש
sin before, tav after
what comes before and after ת, תּ
shin before, nothing after
a hebrew syllable must begin with a _____ (or ____) and must have a single _____
a hebrew syllable must begin with a consonant (or א,ע) and must have a single vowel
a hebrew syllable may end with a ____ or a _____
a hebrew syllable may end with a consonant or a vowel
an open syllable ends with a _____, or with a final ___ or ___
an open syllable ends with a vowel, or with a final א or ה
a closed syllable ends wth a _____ (excluding final _ or _)
a closed syllable ends wth a consonant (excluding final א or ה)
what are the four possible syllable structures? Are they open or closed syllables?
1 - CVC - closed unless last C is א or ה , 2 - CV - open , 3 - (C:)CVC - closed unless last C is א or ה , 4 - (C:)CV - open
what are the step to discerning if a dagesh is forte or not?
1 - if letter is non-BeGaD KeFaT (בגדכפת), then any dagesh is a DF , 2 - if letter is BeGaD KeFaT (בגדכפת), then check to see if consonant is preceded by a vowel sound , 3 - if letter is preceded by vowel sound => DF , 4 - if letter is not preceded by vowel sound (i.e. beginning of word or preceded by silent shewa) => DL
what does a DF represent?
a preceding double of the consonant + a silent shewa
a DF always _____ the preceding syllable
closes
DL marks a ______ (as opposed to ______) ________ in בגדכפת consonants
DL marks a plosive (as opposed to spirantic) pronunciation in בגדכפת consonants
how do you determine whether a shewa is silent or vocal?
1 - if a shewa (:) is composite (סְַ), then it is vocal ; 2 - if simple shewa is under 1st consonant of a syllable it is vocal (2a) - if consonant begins the word (2b) - if consonant follows long vowel (2c) - if consonant has DF, or (2d) - if consonant follows metheg |T ; 3 - if simple shewa is under last consonant of a closed syllable it is silent (3a) if consonant follows short vowel (3b) - if consonant follows long vowel in accented syllable, or (3c) - when part of double shewa form at end of word
a vocal shewa marks a _____ vowel sound after the ___ _____ of a syllable
a vocal shewa marks a reduced vowel sound after the first consonant of a syllable
a silent shewa marks ___ _____ of any sound _____ the ____ consonant of a _____ syllable, therefore a silent shewa always _____ a syllable
a silent shewa marks the absence of any sound after the last consonant of a closed syllable, therefore a silent shewa always closes a syllable
the ָ is normally a ___
qames, long-A
the ָis a qames-hatuf in _____, ______ syllables, because those syllables require _____ vowels
the ָis a qames-hatuf in closed, unaccented syllables, because those syllables require short vowels
for ambiguous ָ, the metheg marks a _____ vowel (long-qames or short-qames-hatuf)
for ambiguous ָ, the metheg marks a long vowel (qames)
what kind of shewas do gutterals take (simple or composite)?
gutterals take composite shewas סְַ ; there is not enough sound in a gutteral to pronounce
gutterals (and ר) do/do not admit DF
do not--gutterals cannot be doubled; saying 2 vomit sounds in a row is difficult
gutterals (and sometimes ר) prefer _____ under or before them
patah ַ; it is the easiest transition to a gutteral
quiescent א is an א written without _____ or a _____, which usually causes the preceding vowel to _____
quiescent א is an א written without a vowel or a shewa, which usually causes the preceding vowel to lengthen
if accent is not marked, assume it is on the _____ syllable
last
closed, unaccented syllables _____ _____ vowels
require short
open, unaccented syllables _____ _____ vowels
require long; except for pro-pretonic
closed, accented syllables _____ _____ vowels
prefer long
open, accented syllables _____ ____ vowels
prefer short
originally open pro-pretonic syllables reduce the original short vowel to _ _____ _____
a vocal shewa
biblical ָ <= proto __
ַ patah
biblical ַ <= proto __
ַ patah, does not reduce
biblical ֶ <= proto ___
sometimes ִ
biblical ִ <= proto ___
ִ hireq, does not reduce
biblical ָ(qames-hatuf) <= proto ___
ָ, qames-hatuf, does not reduce
biblical ֻ <= proto ___
ֻ qibbus, does not reduce
biblical vocal shewas <= proto ___
ַ patah
biblical ָ (qames) <= proto ___
ַ patah
biblical ֵ <= proto ___
ִ hireq
biblical ֵי <= proto ___
ֶי HLV, does not reduce
biblical ֶי <= proto ___
ֶי HLV, does not reduce
biblical ִי <= proto ___
ִי HLV, does not reduce
biblical סֹ <= proto ___
ָ (qames-hatuf)
biblical וֹ <= proto ___
וֹ HLV, does not reduce
biblical וּ <= proto ___
וּ HLV, does not reduce
if a simple shewa is at the beginning of a word then it is _____ (vocal or silent)
vocal
if a simple shewa is at the end of a word then it is _____ (vocal or silent)
silent
if a simple shewa is in the middle of the word, then it is ____ if preceded by a ____ vowel and _____ if preceded by a _____ vowel
if a simple shewa is in the middle of the word, then it is vocal if preceded by a long vowel and silent if preceded by a short vowel
ה or א allows a syllable to remain ____
open
what are the gutterals?
א, ע, ה, ח, (ר)
what are the short vowels?
patah - סַ , segol - סֶ , hireq - סִ , qames-hatuf - סָ , qibbus - סֻ
what are the historic long vowels?
sere-yod - ֵי, segol-yod - ֶי, hireq-yod - ִי, holem-vav - וֹ , shureq - וּ
what are the non-historic long vowels?
qames - ָ, sere - ֵ, holem - סֹ
historic long vowels _____ _____
never reduce
if a short vowel reduces, it goes to _____
shewa
if a ַ lengthens, it lenghtens to a ____
qames ָ
if a ִ lengthenes, it lengthens to a _____
sere ֵ
if a qames-hatuf (ָ) lengthens, it lengthens to a _____
holem סֹ
dagesh forte _____ begins a word
never
a consonant with a vocal shewa--including a composite shewa--_____ constitutes a ____ in Hebrew
never; syllable
every ____ has a vowel; every vowel has a _____
syllable
the DF always indicates a ____ syllable because it represents a _____ letter with a silent shewa
closed; doubled
ָ (qames) in biblical hebrew was a _____ in proto
ַ patah
vocal shewa (סְ, סְַ, סְֶ, סְָ) in biblical hebrew was a _____ _____ in proto
short vowel (frequently a patah)
HLV are _____ _____ in proto and in biblical
the same
the _____ vowels in biblical hebrew are _____ _____ in proto
short vowels
the usual word order of a hebrew sentence is
Verb-subject-object
third person verbs have a(n) _______ pronoun
inherent/implied