[Mesorah] kodashim

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In a message dated 2/21/2008 7:21:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
sethm37 at hotmail.com writes:

IOW, the sound pronounced /a/ would be represented by two separate digraphs,  
the "qomatz" and the "pasach," 
 

As to  what the ge'aya/meteg actually represents, 
 
>>>>>
R' Seth,
 
Even though I know dikduk only a little and trop not at all, I  found your 
little essay about the history of Hebrew pronunciation very  interesting and 
erudite -- I always enjoy your scholarly disquisitions.
 
I have only two little quibbles.  One, no one calls the horizontal bar  (the 
"ah" sound) a pasach.  I don't know why, but even Ashkenazim call it a  
patach.  Two, if you are already using Ashkanazic transliteration, then it  should 
be "meseg," not "meteg."
 
How do I know these things?  Mimetics, my friend. With thanks to  you for 
that lovely and useful word.
 
Have a good Shabbos.
 
--Toby
--Toby  Katz
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