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<DIV><EM>Not that I can think of but at least two places play with sounds:<BR>1.
re Nechash hanechoshet -- im noshach hanachash etc<BR><BR>2. My father alav
hashalom always pointed out: grammatically we use mah with<BR>a patach or kamatz
except in front of a guttural letter (see eg Mah anu, Meh<BR>chayeenu in Leolam
yehei adam).<BR>One exception: in the haftorah re Shaul and Amalek Shmuel hanavi
says to<BR>Shaul: Meh Kol Hatzon?<BR><BR>Why Meh and not
mah?<BR>Think about it -- what noise do sheep make? Me'e'eh</EM></DIV>
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<DIV>CM notes:</DIV>
<DIV>My dikduk is almost nonexistent so I could easily be wrong, but I will
stick my neck out anyway even though I would be wiser not to venture an
opinion.</DIV>
<DIV>I was told that mah or moh precedes what we would call a vowel
while meh precedes what we would call a consonant. I imagine that a
"guttural" letter = a "vowel" or is there a difference?</DIV>
<DIV>The point being to make pronunciation easier.</DIV>
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<DIV>An example: <STRONG>Bameh</STRONG> madlikin <STRONG>ubamoh</STRONG>
ain madlikin</DIV>
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