<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: windowtext; ">Take a look in chapter 10, p'sukim 16 and 17. After the utter devastation of the locust, Par'o quickly summons Moshe and Aharon and announces to them that he has sinned against God... and them. "I have sinned" is CHATA'TI, with the accent is Mil'eil: cha-TA-ti. Note also that the TET does not have a DAGESH in it. In the next pasuk, Par'o asks that his sin be forgiven... "My sin" is also CHATATI'. Looks the same, except that the accent is MILRA', on the last syllable. cha-ta-TI. And the TET has a DAGESH. In Ashkenazic pronunciation, as you well know, the words also sound a bit different, because one has a KAMATZ under the CHET and the other one has a PATACH under the CHET. CHAW<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">TA</span>WSI (I have sinned) and CHATAW<span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; ">SI </span>(my sin). The accents are still MIL'EIL and MILRA' respectively. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; "><b>ri </b></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">A devout clergyman was asked by one of his parishioners to explain the doctrine of election. His reply was: "You know what an election is when we elect the president or the governor. In the Kingdom of God there is always an election going on. Only three votes are cast. The Lord always votes <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">for</span></i> you. The devil always votes <i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">against</span> </i>you. And <span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">YOU</span> have the deciding vote. <i>Anonymous</i></p></body></html>