[Mesorah] sh'va na and nach

[Michael Poppers]

R'Micha wrote:
> Hebrew can only have a closed syllable at the end of a word or with a
sheva nach. (Or in the case of a khaf peshutah, both.) <
...or due to a dageish [chazaq] in the 2..Nth syllable's initial
consonant.  Think of the syllable's end as a sh'va nach, but that sh'va
need not be visible.

On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:43 AM, Micha Berger via Mesorah <
mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Dec 03, 2017 at 09:42:25AM -0500, Akiva Miller via Mesorah wrote:
> : I know that there is a general rule that if the first letter of a word
> has
> : a sh'va, then it is a sh'va na. I also know that various forms of the
> word
> : "two" are exceptions to this rule, as the leading shin gets sh'va nach.
>
> I know you asked about the exception of "shtei", but I wanted to try to
> share an epiphany.
>
> A sheva nach means that the letter closes a syllable. And so these rules
> of sheva's are also viewable as rules of open (vowel-ending) vs closed
> (consonant ending) syllables. "Syllabification", if I have the term
> correctly.
>
> Hebrew can only have a closed syllable at the end of a word or with a
> sheva nach. (Or in the case of a khaf peshutah, both.)
>
> Eg, we would rephrase the above rule as being but a subset of a more
> general statement: Hebrew has no vowel-less syllables. So, if a first
> letter has a sheva, it would perforce be given a vowel sound.
>
> Shtei is a rarity, in that it is one syllable opening with a two-consonant
> cluster.
>
> : I realize that someone is going to respond along the lines of "There
> aren't
> : any rules; it's just how people talk", but still, I'd like to know what
> : patterns you know of.
>
> If there weren't any rules, would the Mesoretic notes list their
> exceptions?
>
> Tir'u baTov!
> -Micha
>
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