ot311 lesson 1
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Introduction to Biblical HebrewLesson 1
The Alphabet(consonants, vowels, sewa)
Syllabication
OT 311
NBTS, Fall 2010
Rev. Charles Rix, Ph.D.
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Aleph
(silent)
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bet
v as in van b as in ban
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gimmel
g as in god
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dalet
d as in day
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he
h as in hay
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waw
v as in van
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het
ch as in Bach
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tet
t as in top
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yod
y as in yet
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kaphk as in king
FINAL FORM
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lamedl as in lion
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memm as in moth
FINAL FORM
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nunn as in noon
FINAL FORM
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sameks as in sack
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ayinsilent
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pehp as in pat f as in fat
FINAL FORM
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tsadets as in bets
FINAL FORM
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qoph
q as in plaque
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reshr as in rash
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shinsh as in sheen
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taw
th as in thank t as in tank
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The Dagesh
Indicates that the consonant is doubled:
M = mmN = nn
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The Dagesh
Indicates a stop in the case of the six consonants below,known as the begadkepat letters:
B G D K PT
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Guttural Letters
Letters that are pronounced in the throat:
a h x [
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Long and Short Vowels
Three classes of vowels: a, i, u
Vowels are placed under the consonant and
pronounced after it The exception is the holem which is placed
at the top left hand corner of that consonant
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E VowelsName Vowel With Letter Pronunciation
Short e segol e, as in met
Long e sere Be e, as in they
Short/Long i hireq Bi i, as in unique
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U VowelsName Vowel With Letter Pronunciation
Short o
qames
hatup o, as in loft
Short/Long u qibbus u, as in rule
Long o holem o, as in role
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hMatres Lectionis
Letters that serve as markers for long vowels
Class
y
a
i
Be
yBe
u
(o)
(u)(sureq)
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Note on the h
Theh at the end of a word may either be a
mater or an actual consonant.
A dot or mappiq is usually put in theh to
denote it is a consonant, orH
= her horse
= mare
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The Sewa
The sewa is placed under a consonant to indicate whether it
is:
A half vowel, in which case it is vocal
Not a vowel, in which case it is silent
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The Composite Sewa
The composite sewa is placed under guttural letters
+ = hatep-patah (a)+ = hatep-segol
(e)
+= hatep-quames
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Syllables
Every Hebrew word has one or more syllables
Every syllable begins with one (and only one)
consonant
Every syllable has only one vowel
A syllable cannot begin with a vowel
The exception is the conjunction (waw) or
A syllable can end with a vowel or consonant
Open syllables end with a vowel (Cv pattern)
Closed syllables end with a consonant (CvC pattern)
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Rules for the Sewa
A sewa is vocal when it (is): Example
at the beginning of a word
the second of two sewas (inimmediate succession)
under a begad-kepat letter
that is doubled by a dagesh
follows a long vowel
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Rules for the Sewa
A sewa is silent when it (is): Example
at the end of a word
the first of two sewas (inimmediate succession)
comes immediately after a
short unstressed vowel
Comes after a any vowel in a
stressed syllable
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Begad-Kepat Letters
In a consonant that is NOT a Begad-Kepat
letter, the dagesh indicates that the letter is
doubled. This is always true! (yeah!)
In a begad-kepat letter, the dagesh means will
have implications for pronunciation as well as
doubling.
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Begad-Kepat Letters
Pronunciation
The pronunciation will be hard if the letter:
is at the beginning of a word
follows a silent sewa that closes a syllable
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The pronunciation will be soft if the begad
kepat letter represents a doubling:
Which is actually
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Begad-Kepat Letters
Doubling
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Syllable DivisionOpen Syllables (Cv)
Open syllables only have a Consonant (C) and a vowel (v)
A long vowel and is unaccented:
A short vowel and accented:
A vocal sewa following a silent sewa that closes the previous
syllable:
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Syllable Division Closed Syllables (CvC)
Open syllables only have a Consonant (C) and a vowel (v) andanother Consonant (C)
C-long vowel-C (unaccented)
C-short vowel-C (accented)
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Review of Syllable Rules
Hebrew words begin with a consonant
Each syllable must have only one vowel
Open syllables
The vowel can be long and unaccented The vowel can be short and accented
A vocal sewa following a silent sewa that closes the previous syllable
Closed syllables
The vowel must be short and unaccented
If the vowel is long in a closed syllable, it must be accented
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Examples
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Examples