Is ayin vocal 'sometimes'?
Posted: Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:04 am
Hi:
I was listening to Jonah 2:3 (in some versions this is also Jonah 2:2) over at animatedhebrew.com (speaker='Beeri') and when he pronounces שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי (šiw·wa‘·tî)I keep hearing 4 syllables. It's as if I'm hearing the "silent ayin" - I'm hearing "shi - va - ah - ti".
so my question is - is the "silent ayin" being pronounced as it's own syllable, or is Beeri just "elongating the pathach", sort of like pronouncing it as "shi - vaaaaaa - ti"
Thanxs!
Glenn
I was listening to Jonah 2:3 (in some versions this is also Jonah 2:2) over at animatedhebrew.com (speaker='Beeri') and when he pronounces שִׁוַּ֖עְתִּי (šiw·wa‘·tî)I keep hearing 4 syllables. It's as if I'm hearing the "silent ayin" - I'm hearing "shi - va - ah - ti".
so my question is - is the "silent ayin" being pronounced as it's own syllable, or is Beeri just "elongating the pathach", sort of like pronouncing it as "shi - vaaaaaa - ti"
Thanxs!
Glenn