[Heb-NACO] question regarding pronunciation of מגבוה

Jasmin Nof jnof at upenn.edu
Wed Sep 12 15:22:49 EDT 2012


I yield to the more learned grammarian. Thank you for the lesson!

On 9/12/2012 3:08 PM, Cliff Miller wrote:
>
> I beg to differ:
>
> Three consonants can have a PataH genuvah that stands ordinary rules 
> of reading Hebrew on their head:
>
> PataH under final Het is pronounced before the Het, as in poteaH
>
> PataH under final ayin is pronounced before the ayin, as in Yehoshua’
>
> PataH under final mapik-hey is pronounced before the hey, as in Gavoah
>
> No, the dot in this final hey is not a dagesh.
>
> Clifford Miller
>
> *From:*heb-naco-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu 
> [mailto:heb-naco-bounces at lists.service.ohio-state.edu] *On Behalf Of 
> *Jasmin Nof
> *Sent:* Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:39 PM
> *To:* heb-naco at lists.service.ohio-state.edu; Heidi G Lerner
> *Subject:* Re: [Heb-NACO] question regarding pronunciation of מגבוה
>
> yes, it is pronounced, mi-gavohah
>
> jasmin
>
> On 9/12/2012 12:18 PM, Heidi G Lerner wrote:
>
>     מגבוה
>
>     appears in Kohelet 12:5. The final "heh" has a dagesh in the
>     source text. If one were chanting this would the "heh" be
>     pronounced or not. I have heard it chanted both ways but I think
>     that the correct way is to pronounce the "heh".
>
>     Thanks, Heidi
>
>     -- 
>
>     Heidi G. Lerner
>     Hebraica/Judaica Cataloger
>     Metadata Development Unit
>     Stanford University Libraries
>     Stanford, CA 94305-6004
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