Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions

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English Hebrew distinguishes between all of the Tiberian Hebrew vowels.

Like in Tiberian Hebrew, Standard English Hebrew has tense-lax alternation, depending on whether the syllable is stressed OR open or not. ~~Some speakers just shorten ALL unstresed vowels~~. Speakers of some English accents such as the Ashkenazi Hebrew inspired accents of English, do not make ~~this distinction~~, thus stressed syllables become long and pronouncing all unstressed syllables become short.

Like in Tiberian Hebrew, Standard English Hebrew has tense-lax alternation, depending on whether the syllable is stressed OR open or not. However, loss of gemination messed this up somewhat and unstressed patach is always short. Speakers of some English accents such as the Ashkenazi Hebrew inspired accents of English, do not make any tense-lax distinctions, thus stressed syllables become long and pronouncing all unstressed syllables become short.

*patach = chataf patach = tense PALM /ɑː/ in ~~open OR~~ stressed syllables / lax TRAP /a~æ/ in ~~closed~~ unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''a''.

*patach = chataf patach = tense PALM /ɑː/ in stressed syllables / lax TRAP /a~æ/ in unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''a''.

*segol = chataf segol = DRESS /ɛ/. Usually transcribed ''e''.

*tzere = FACE /ɛɪ/. Usually transcribed ''â''.

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 English Hebrew distinguishes between all of the Tiberian Hebrew vowels.
-Like in Tiberian Hebrew, Standard English Hebrew has tense-lax alternation, depending on whether the syllable is stressed OR open or not. Some speakers just shorten ALL unstresed vowels. Speakers of some English accents such as the Ashkenazi Hebrew inspired accents of English, do not make this distinction, thus stressed syllables become long and pronouncing all unstressed syllables become short.
+Like in Tiberian Hebrew, Standard English Hebrew has tense-lax alternation, depending on whether the syllable is stressed OR open or not. However, loss of gemination messed this up somewhat and unstressed patach is always short. Speakers of some English accents such as the Ashkenazi Hebrew inspired accents of English, do not make any tense-lax distinctions, thus stressed syllables become long and pronouncing all unstressed syllables become short.
-*patach = chataf patach = tense PALM /ɑː/ in open OR stressed syllables / lax TRAP /a~æ/ in closed unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''a''.
+*patach = chataf patach = tense PALM /ɑː/ in stressed syllables / lax TRAP /a~æ/ in unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''a''.
 *segol = chataf segol = DRESS /ɛ/. Usually transcribed ''e''.
 *tzere = FACE /ɛɪ/. Usually transcribed ''â''.