Re: How do you know a vowel reduces to sheva versus hatuf-pathach?
Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2020 11:30 am
I'm stuck on Gen 1:2, but here's what I have so far:
From Gen 1:1:
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית, H.F. = רִא|שִׁית
Explanation: on N syl, hireq lengthen to tsere
הָאָֽרֶץ, H.F. = אַרְץ
Explanation: First add a helping vowel to get אַ|רֶץ, then either harmonization/lengthing occurs (for segholate nouns), in our case lengthening happens to get אָ֫רֶץ, then as part of the normal rules for prefixing def art to aleph you add the הָ
From Gen 1:2:
תֹ֙הוּ֙, H.F. = תֻ|הוּ
Explanation: The N syl quibbits lengths to holem
תְה֑וֹם, H.F. = תְ|הוֹם (is that right? is the taw with the sheva correct)
Explanation: no changes occur from H.F. - in the near syl the sheva neither reduces nor lengthens!
Glenn
From Gen 1:1:
בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית, H.F. = רִא|שִׁית
Explanation: on N syl, hireq lengthen to tsere
הָאָֽרֶץ, H.F. = אַרְץ
Explanation: First add a helping vowel to get אַ|רֶץ, then either harmonization/lengthing occurs (for segholate nouns), in our case lengthening happens to get אָ֫רֶץ, then as part of the normal rules for prefixing def art to aleph you add the הָ
From Gen 1:2:
תֹ֙הוּ֙, H.F. = תֻ|הוּ
Explanation: The N syl quibbits lengths to holem
תְה֑וֹם, H.F. = תְ|הוֹם (is that right? is the taw with the sheva correct)
Explanation: no changes occur from H.F. - in the near syl the sheva neither reduces nor lengthens!
Glenn