[Avodah] Pronunciation of Emet

[Zev Sero]

On 12/12/2010 9:26 AM, Micha Berger wrote:

> In Yiddish, this is why "sefer" (Heb) becomes "seifer" (Yid), but
> "emes" says "emes".

What is "sefer"?  A number?  Is this even a word in pre-modern Hebrew?
A book, of course, is "seifer" in Hebrew, and therefore also in Yiddish.

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