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<DIV>In a message dated 2/21/2008 7:21:22 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
sethm37@hotmail.com writes:</DIV>
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IOW, the sound pronounced /a/ would be represented by two separate digraphs,
the "qomatz" and the "pasach," </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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what the ge'aya/meteg actually represents, </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>R' Seth,</DIV>
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<DIV>Even though I know dikduk only a little and <EM>trop</EM> not at all, I
found your little essay about the history of Hebrew pronunciation very
interesting and erudite -- I always enjoy your scholarly disquisitions.</DIV>
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<DIV>I have only two little quibbles. One, no one calls the horizontal bar
(the "ah" sound) a pasach. I don't know why, but even Ashkenazim call it a
patach. Two, if you are already using Ashkanazic transliteration, then it
should be "meseg," not "meteg."</DIV>
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<DIV>How do I know these things? Mimetics, my friend. With thanks to
you for that lovely and useful word.</DIV>
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<DIV>Have a good Shabbos.</DIV>
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