[Mesorah] 2 q on shva

[Micha Berger]

On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 09:45:32AM +0300, אברהם פרנס wrote:
: 1) Why is it that only on a kaf sofit there is a shva? Why not in
: a peh sofit for example? The word erech has a shva at the end while
: "aleph" does not.

I am only bothered by the difference between khaf peshutah and nun
peshutah. A fei peshutah never takes a vowel, so in that sense it differs
from a khaf peshutah. However, since a nun peshutah can get a qamatz,
why doesn't it get a sheva when it doesn't?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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