[Mesorah] the reversing vav

[Mandel, Seth via Mesorah]

Yes, normally the form with a "reversing vav" would be v'yashavTA, with the accent on the last syllable.
In this case, however, it precedes and is tied to a preposition that is stressed on the fist syllable.  The stress then retracts and the preposition receives the doubling typical of such occurrences.  
So one might find "v'yshavTA vaHem", but here it is "v'yaSHAVta bbAH."

Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
Rabbinic Coordinator
The Orthodox Union

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From: Mesorah <mesorah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Sholom Simon via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org>
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Subject: [Mesorah] the reversing vav

Dear Chevra (with a cc to two friends with whom I
was discussing this yesterday after mincha)

I noticed that the two verbs at the end of the
first pasuk and the first word of the next pasuk
(of Ki Savo) were the "reversing vav" types --
changing the verbs from past to future (virishta,
v'yashavta, and v'lakachta), but that only two of
them had the accent on the last syllable.

I was then trying to remember the reversing vav
rule and it's exception.  My best recollection was:

this rule (that the accent must be on the last
syllable) only applies to “perfect” (past) form,
not imperfect (future) form.  Further, it only
applies to “regular” roots – not roots of ???,
e.g., v’hanisi (you don’t put stress on the last
syllable) – but that rule also has an exception,
viz., unless the word comes before a word with a
guttural in which case you do switch the stress to the last syllable.

I guess I am unclear which roots are exceptions
to this rule.  Apparently Y-SH-V is.  But, as you
can see, in the above sentence, I put ??? where my recollections failed.

Can anyone explain this  better?

Thanks!

Shavua Tov -- and KvCT!

-- Sholom

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