In this video וְהַנָּחָשׁ is pronounced v'ha-na-chash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHxpS-q ... u.be&t=192
Is that correct? I thought the first syllable would be v'han.
Pronunciation of syllable ending in doubled consonant
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Pronunciation of syllable ending in doubled consonant
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Re: Pronunciation of syllable ending in doubled consonant
The technical division is və|han|nā|ḥāš (four syllables). Older grammars would consider vocal sheva part of the following syllable, so that you would have vəhan|nā|ḥāš (three syllables). The dagesh chazak (dāḡēš ḥāzāq) represents a doubled consonant, so it both closes the one syllable and opens the next. We PRONOUNCE it as if the nun belonged the following syllable, though: ve-ha-na-ḥash.
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יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃
ספר משלי י״ב, י׳
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יוֹדֵ֣עַ צַ֭דִּיק נֶ֣פֶשׁ בְּהֶמְתּ֑וֹ וְֽרַחֲמֵ֥י רְ֝שָׁעִ֗ים אַכְזָרִֽי׃
ספר משלי י״ב, י׳
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Re: Pronunciation of syllable ending in doubled consonant
Thanks, Jason, that makes sense. My current grammar (Kelley) says that only full vowels count for syllables, but I felt that I had read something different somewhere else.
I suppose that speaking at normal speed, the question becomes moot, since there would be no pause at the end of 'ha'.
I suppose that speaking at normal speed, the question becomes moot, since there would be no pause at the end of 'ha'.
Andrew Chapman