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Section 3Vowel Signs
3.1 Vowel Lettersי ו א ה
Yod and Waw
✦ The half vowels Yod (י) and Waw (ו) as consonants can be made silent after vowels.
✦ Waw (ו) stands for the deep vowels ō and ū.
✦ Yod (י) stands for the light vowels i, ē, and e.
יום yōm
איש ’iš
אלהים ‘’älōhim
עיר `ir
Alef and He✦ The end sounds Alef (א) and He (ה) as
consonants can be cancelled out and appear now to mark the final vowel.
✦ He (ה) stands in the final sound of a word for all long vowels other than i.
✦ If He (ה) at the end of the word should be pronounced as a consonant, then it has a diacritical point (ה) called a Mappíq → § 5.1.
Alef and He
✦ Alef (א) stands in the final sound of a syllable for each long vowel.
פנה Pāne
שנה šānā
משה mōše
יצא yāṣā
3.2 The Tiberian Punctuation
Signs for each of the 7 vowel sounds
Overview of Vowels
i ē ä/e a ā å ō u
ל ל ל ל ל ל ל ל
both long both short long short long both
Chireq Tsere Segol Patach Qamets Qamets Chatuf Cholem Qibbuts
Your words with vowels
בן כל
ארץ לך מאיש יום
עם פנה
ית ב יד
Technical Terms
✦ Mater lectionis – vowel letters (א ה ו י)✦ a consonant quiesces – stands for a vowel
(loses its consonantal quality)✦ plene writing – vowel written together with a
vowel letter (plene: “full”)
Technical Terms
✦ defective writing – vowel written without a vowel letter✦ Words appear written either with or
without the vowel letter.✦ homogeneous vowels –those that can appear
with vowel letters
Placing of Vowel Signs
✦ Vowel signs were placed above or below letters in the text.✦ Remember to pronounce the consonant
first and then the vowel.✦ Only exception is the “furtive patach”
Placing of Vowel Signs
✦ Vowel signs were also placed where a vowel letter already stood. The sign was placed not under the vowel letter but under the preceding letter.✦ One significant combination to note: vowel
sound u with Waw gives Shureq (ו).
סוסי susi Yod is a vowel letter
סוסי susay Yod is a consonant
לילה layla Yod is a consonant; He is a vowel letter
עון ‘awon Waw is a consonant
עוד ‘od Waw is a vowel letter
מלכה malka He is a vowel letter
מלכה malkah He is a consonant
סוסיה susäha He is a consonant; Waw and Yod are vowel letters
יבא yabo Alef is a vowel letter
יבאו yabo’u Alef is a consonant; Waw a vowel letter
Section 4The Schwa-Sign
4.1 Signs for Half-Vowels
Simple Schwa and Composite Schwa
Schwa mobile✦ The Schwa is a double dot under the
consonant (ל).
✦ Same principle of pronunciation as other vowels
✦ Schwa is vowel reduced at its strongest✦ The Schwa can be voiced or silent (see § 4.2)✦ Also called Simple Schwa or Vocal Schwa
Chatef Vowels
✦ Also called Composite Schwas
✦ Combination of vowel sign and Schwa sign
✦ Only occur under gutturals
אני ’anī Chatef-Patach
אלהים ’elōhīm Chatef-Seghol
חלי ḥålī Chatef-Qames
4.2 Signs for Vowellessness
Schwa quiescens (Silent Schwa)
Schwa quiescens✦ Also called Silent Schwa✦ This Schwa sign stands with consonants
within the word that do not have vowels that follow.
✦ Here is the confusion:✦ The same sign can be either silent or vocal.
So there needs to be some way to distinguish them.
4.3 Differentiation of SchwasVocal or Silent Schwa?
The Schwa is vocal ...at the beginning of the word יהי
when it is the second of 2 contiguous Schwas ירמיהו
under a consonant with a Dagesh
על־פניהגדלים
after a long vowel (note the use of the Meteg) שמרון
Some new words
דבר אב
עיר ין עשם שנה
עבד אשה
פש נ כהן
Listen to this...ז י מזמור ק
הללו את–יהוה כל–גויםם׃ שבחוהו כל–האמיכי גבר עלינו חסדוואמת–יהוה לעולם
הללו–יה׃