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9 Cards in this Set
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אַבְרָם
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shewa is silent; it is preceded by a short vowel.
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לֶךְ
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shewa is silent; it is preceded by a short vowel, plus it's at the end of a word
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לְךָ
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shewa is vocal; it is at the beginning of the word.
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מֵאַרְצְךָ
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The first shewa is silent because it is followed by a second shewa.
The second is vocal since it is the second of two consecutive shewas. |
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וּמִמּוֹלַדְתְּךָ
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The first shewa is silent because it is a) preceded by a short vowel, as well as b) followed by a second shewa.
The second is vocal since it is the second of two consecutive shewas. |
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וְאֶעֶשְׂךָ
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The first shewa is vocal because it is at the beginning of the word.
Normally, this would be a silent shewa, but the shewa before 2nd person masculine pronominal suffixes is vocal (see Gesenius §58.f, and Joüon & Muraoka §61.d "exceptions regarding ךָ"). Note: This rule is not always observed in pronunciation where the final two letters are distinct as it is in this word. |
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יְבָרֶכְךָ
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The first is vocal as expected. BUT, the second also vocal! Yes. Normally, this would be a silent shewa, but the shewa before 2nd person masculine pronominal suffixes is vocal (see GENSENIUS §58.f, and Joüon & Muraoka §61.d "exceptions regarding ךָ").
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שְׁתַּיִם
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This is an example of a shewa exception. This looks like a vocal shewa, but this is actually a silent shewa (see Joüon & Muraoka §100.c, and Gesenius §97.b note 1). The dagesh in the ת marks an assimilated historical nun נ.
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נָתְנה
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The sheva is vocal. The qamats is a medium a-class vowel. In the Hebrew Bible, this is often indicated by a meteg מֶתֶג, a small vertical line next to the vowel.
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