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[Yossi Galron]

It is Metarim

Yossi



Joseph (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 9:25 AM, Manuel Frau-Cortes <nfrau at umd.edu> wrote:

>  Hi all,****
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> I have a question regarding the Romanization of the word מיתרים. The
> vowel under mem is a segol, followed by a yud, so it should be “metarim,”
> which is the solution I found in all LC records.****
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> However the segol + yud rule is intended to be applied to cases where the
> yud is a mater lectionis, while in the word מיתר the yud is a radical. As
> Even-Shoshan says, it derives from יתר.****
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> What to do in a case like that? If there are any native Hebrew speakers
> among us, do you pronounce this yud?****
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> *Neil M. Frau-Cortes*
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