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<p style="direction: ltr;">It should be <span style="color: #282828; font-family: calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px; background-color: #ffffff;">eliṭizm</span>.<br>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">1. According to the Academy of Hebrew Language, all Shevas in foreign words are considered silent <span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;">(</span><span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;">"</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: alef, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; background-color: #ffffff;">כל
שווא במילים לועזיות הוא שווא נח</span><span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;">"</span><span style="font-family: calibri, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; background-color: #ffffff;">)</span>.<br>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">2. There cannot be a syllable that consists only of a Sheva. If a Sheva is not followed by a vocalized letter, it cannot be שווא נע and should not be Romanized as e. <br>
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Janet<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="rtl"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>מ:</b> Heb-naco <heb-naco-bounces+janet.shamir=nli.org.il@lists.osu.edu> בשם Shinohara, Jasmin <jshino@pobox.upenn.edu><br>
<b>נשלח:</b> יום שני 07 אוגוסט 2017 18:57<br>
<b>אל:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
<b>נושא:</b> [Heb-NACO] another foreign-loan word (insert groan here)</font>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">אליטיזם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span><span dir="LTR"></span>: it appears in E.-Sh. with a sheva under the zayin. Is it eliṭizem or eliṭizm? I think the latter, but
ocn936392303 currently has the former. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>(The next entry in E.-Sh. is </span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">אליטסט</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span><span dir="LTR"></span>, vocalized the same as
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">אליטיזם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span><span dir="LTR"></span>, with a sheva under the samekh. That is clearly eliṭisṭ; wouldn’t
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">אליטיזם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span><span dir="LTR"></span> follow the pattern: eliṭizm?)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Thanks, Jasmin</span></p>
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