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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>A 6<sup>th</sup> and final Seminary Library staff reply, from the Hebrew Wikipedia. I hope Joan and Heidi and all colleagues find all six responses fully satisfying. / Clifford Miller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Jay Rovner <b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 11, 2013 10:21 AM </span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Here is Wikipedia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-right:19.2pt;margin-bottom:1.2pt;text-align:right;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2;background:white;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>כאשר קמץ מופיע לפני חטף-קמץ (פָּעֳלוֹ, צָהֳרַיִם) או לפני קמץ קטן נוסף (פָּעָלְךָ) וכן בשתי הצורות קָדָשִים, שָרָשִים, הקמץ הראשון הוא לפי הדקדוק קמץ קטן, שכן מקורו בתנועת /</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>u</span><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span>/ (פֹּעַל, קֹדֶש). אף על פי כן מסורות הקריאה של העברית בהגייה הספרדית, וכן <a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%93%D7%A7%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%91%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%99_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%99%D7%9D" title="מדקדקי העברית בימי הביניים"><span style='color:#5A3696'>מדקדקי העברית בימי הביניים</span></a>, תופסים אותו כקמץ גדול הנהגה בתנועת /</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>a</span><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span>/. על הדרך להגות קמצים כאלה נטושה מחלוקת בין האשכנזים הנוהגים בהגיה הספרדית <sup><a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A5_%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%9F#cite_note-1"><span style='color:#5A3696'>[1]</span></a></sup>. דוברי <a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A2%D7%91%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%AA_%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%AA" title="עברית ישראלית"><span style='color:#5A3696'>העברית המודרנית</span></a> בדרך כלל קוראים אותו לפי הדקדוק, כלומר בתנועת /</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>o</span><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span>/, אך קיימת אצל הדוברים גם הצורה בתנועת /</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>a</span><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span>/.</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>בכמה <a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A1%D7%99%D7%93%D7%95%D7%A8" title=סידור><span style='color:#5A3696'>סידורים</span></a> וספרי <a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%AA%D7%A0%22%D7%9A" title="תנ"ך"><span style='color:#5A3696'>תנ"ך</span></a> מודרניים מסמנים קמץ קטן בסימון שונה במעט מסימון הקמץ הרגיל, כדי להבליט את הגייתו השונה.</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:4.8pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0in;text-align:right;line-height:18.0pt;background:white;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>ב<a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9B%D7%AA%D7%99%D7%91" title=כתיב><span style='color:#5A3696'>כתיב</span></a> של ה<a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%99%D7%93%D7%99%D7%A9" title=יידיש><span style='color:#5A3696'>יידיש</span></a> מסמנת האות <a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90" title=א><span style='color:#5A3696'>א</span></a> עם קמץ את התנועה /</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>o</span><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span dir=RTL></span>/, למשל לאָנדאָן = לונדון.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid #AAAAAA 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 2.0pt 0in'><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='margin-bottom:.1in;text-align:right;line-height:14.4pt;background:white;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>[<a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A5&action=edit§ion=3" title="עריכת פסקה: הערות שוליים"><span style='color:#5A3696'>עריכה</span></a>]</span><span lang=HE style='font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>הערות שוליים<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:right;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo4;background:white;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span dir=RTL></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9E%D7%A5_%D7%A7%D7%98%D7%9F#cite_ref-1"><b><span style='color:#5A3696'>^</span></b></a> <a href="http://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A2%D7%96%D7%A8_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%A8" title="אליעזר אלינר"><span style='color:#5A3696'>אליעזר אלינר</span></a>, על הגיית קמץ רחב (גדול) לפני קמץ חטוף, בתוך: המעין, תמוז תשכ"ה, עמוד 17<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>They begin with grammar and conclude with pronunciation, and the shift is unclear. Once one gets to the sentence beginning “<i>dovre ha-`ivrit ha-modernit…” </i>I get confused: all Israeli’s or just the ashkenazic grammar-lovers (in their spoken Hebrew)?</span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> And you may want to see Koren’s comments<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.korenpub.com/HE/nikud.pdf">http://www.korenpub.com/HE/nikud.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'> JR<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Jay Rovner, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Manuscript Bibliographer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>5501 Library<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>3080 Broadway<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>New York City, New York 10027<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:#1F497D'>(212) 678-8045</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>