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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have a question regarding the Romanization of the word <span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">
îéúøéí</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="CA"><span dir="LTR"></span>. The vowel under mem is a segol, followed by a yud, so it should be “metarim,” which is the solution</span> I found in all LC records.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">However the segol + yud rule is intended to be applied to cases where the yud is a mater lectionis, while in the word
<span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">îéúø</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span lang="CA">the yud is a radical. As Even-Shoshan says, it derives from
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">éúø</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="CA"><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="CA">What to do in a case like that? If there are any native Hebrew speakers among us, do you pronounce this yud?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">Neil M. Frau-Cortes</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">McKeldin Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black">University of Maryland<br>
College Park, MD 20742<br>
Phone (301) 405-9337<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:black"><a href="nfrau@umd.edu"><span style="color:blue">nfrau@umd.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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