[Mesorah] three consecutive shvas

[Yitzchak Gottlieb]

On Aug 20, 2021, at 17:25, Akiva Miller via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> The usual rule for two consecutive shvas is that the first is nach and the second is na. (Example: nifl'osecha in Modim)
> 
> What about when there are three? I don't know if it ever happens in Hebrew, but I just found an example in Aramaic: 

I heard a lecture a few years ago by a professor at Oxford who mentioned that some בן נחמן manuscripts have a few triple shvas.  I have no idea how they would be pronounced.

Zuki
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Yitzchak M. Gottlieb
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> Onkelos' translation of v'laalmana in Devarim 24:19. Shvas are on the resh, mem, and lamed. My first guess was to read them nach na na: ul-ar-m-l-ta. But then I realized it could also be nach nach na: ul-arm-l-ta.
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> Just wondering if anyone more familiar with Aramaic wants to offer their ideas. (And by the way, no puns intended if anyone thinks there's any Breslover influence on how I phrased this. Not that there's anything wrong with that.)
> 
> Akiva Miller
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