[Mesorah] תולדות כ"ז:ל"ח - הכרכה

[Yitzchak M. Gottlieb]

On Nov 23, 2023, at 14:46, rabbirichwolpoe via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> <<A chataf patach under a letter which is not “geronit” comes to indicate that the Nikud
> Is Sheva Na 
> It should be pronounced as a sheva na,>>
> 
> Makes sense except some Tikkunim / chumshim have a Sheva
> 
> Any elaboration on the differences in the nikkud 

According to Breuer in the introduction to the תנ״ך from both מוסד הרב קוק and חורב, the שוא נע on the non-gutteral letters is inconsistently marked as a חטף.  It was up to the individual scribe, and in almost every case at least one of the manuscripts he used had a regular שוא, so he left them as a regular שוא.  (The מקראות גדולות הכתר follows the כתר as it exists and attempts to reconstruct many of those חטפים.)  The comment of the מנחת שי on בראשית יב:ג roughly translates to: I’ll write them all as a regular שוא and those who pronounce them properly will be blessed.

Zuki

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Yitzchak M. Gottlieb
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