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when is a shewa used?
When a letter stands vowelless at the beginning or in the middle of a word. it is referred to as a half syllable and is normally omitted when the letter stands at the end of a word (except final kap and sometimes final tav.
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What is a vocal shewa?
How is it pronounced?
- - it is a shewa placed under a letter that begins a syllable. if it is placed under a letter beginning a syllable it is always pronounced.
- - it is pronounced as a very short, quick seghol (like the a in lament.
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Shewa placed under a letter beginning a syllable is _____
always vocal
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Shewas following unaccented full-letter vowels are _____
always vocal
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shewas occuring back to back in the middle of a word follow this pattern:
- the first is always silent
- the second is always vocal
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shewa placed under the strong dagesh is ____
both silent and vocal. The strong dagesh represents a doubling of the letter. therefore it is a back to back shewa situation. the first shewa is silent, the second is vocal.
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When shewa occurs under the first of two identical consonants, it is _____
vocal
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When a shewa is placed under a letter that closes or ends a syllable (either in the middle or at the end of a word) , it is a _________
silent shewa (unpronounced)
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Shewa placed under a letter closing a syllable is _______
- always silent
- - in such cases the vowel preceding shewa is usually short and unaccented.
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Shewa immediatley following an accented syllable is ____
silent
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when final kap is vowelless, it always takes a ______
silent shewa
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shewas back to back at the end of a word are_____
both silent
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what letters take a compound or composite shewa?
gutturals
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What is a compound or composite shewa?
when a shewa occurs under a guttural letter, it requires a short helping vowel to accompany it.
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what three different short vowels join shewa to form the compound shewa?
pathach (horizontal line), seghol (three dots in triangular shape), qames hatuph ("T" shaped)
- the shewa is unpronounced - only the short vowel is pronounced.
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When the gutturals ayin and het (sometimes he) occurat the end of a word , their peculiar pronounciation demand a _______ under the guttural.
- pathach
- - this is called a pathach furtive.
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- When is the pathach furtive used?
- when is it pronounced?
- - when the terminal guttural is preceded by a long vowel.
- - it is pronounced before the terminal guttural.
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When is a syllable open?
When is a syllable closed?
- open = ending in a vowel
- closed = ending in a consonant
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A word has a many syllables as it has _______
regular vowels
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Normally, long vowels occur in ________ syllables.
Short vowels occur in ____ syllables.
what are the exceptions to this rule?
- - exceptions occur in connection with accentuation:
- 1. if the long vowel is accented, it may occur in a closed syllable.
- 2. if the short vowel is accented, it may occur in an open syllable.
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normally, a short vowel is found in syllables which are ______ and have _______
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