[Mesorah] Chataf Patach

[D&E-H Bannett]

Re: <<The chataf-patach on yimcha-u is not optional: the 
chet,
a gronit, >>

I gave yimcha-u as an example of over emphasis of the patach 
sound.

The reason I remembered that word at the moment I was 
writing the posting is that the chataf patach is unusual in 
that word for other reasons. In words where the sh'va na' is 
followed by a-h-chet-ayin the shva used to take the tone of 
the following vowel which is a shuruk and not a patach.  I 
don't know how to transliterate a short, weak, u sound 
(unemphasized) followed by a normal u sound.


David