Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew

Corded Ware Hebrew

Vowels as in Sephardi Hebrew, consonants are more varied.

Readings similar to this are used all over Western Europe.

The enunciative vowel -ə is used when a word in pausa has final C. The 2fs morpheme /-t/ is pronounced /-tə/: כתבת [kaˈθavtə] 'you (2fs) wrote'.

ברוך אתה ה', א-לוהינו מלך העולם, אשר בחר בנו מכל העמים ונתן לנו את תורתו. ברוך אתה ה', נותן התורה.

/vaˈrux ʔatˈta ʔəðoˈnaj, ʔəloheˈnu ˈmelex haʁoˈlamə, ʔəˈɧer vaˈχar ˈvanu mikˈkol haʁaˈmimə, wənaˈθan ˈlanu ʔeθ toraˈθo. vaˈrux ʔaˈta ʔaðoˈnaj, noˈθen hatoˈra./

שהחינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה

/ɧeheχəˈjanu wəkijəˈmanu wəhigiˈʁanu lazəˈman haˈze/

Qivattu Hebrew

Similar to Corded Ware Hebrew except it has geminates and no enunciative vowels

Readings similar to this are used in Western Europe.

ברוך אתה ה', א-לוהינו מלך העולם, אשר בחר בנו מכל העמים ונתן לנו את תורתו. ברוך אתה ה', נותן התורה.

/vaˈrux ʔatˈta ʔədoˈnaj, ʔəloheˈnu ˈmelex haʁoˈlam, ʔəˈšer vaˈχar ˈvanu mikˈkol haʁamˈmim, wənaˈθan ˈlanu ʔeθ toraˈθo. vaˈrux ʔatˈta ʔadoˈnaj, noˈθen hattoˈra./

שהחינו וקיימנו והגיענו לזמן הזה

/šeheχəˈjanu wəkijjəˈmanu wəhiggiˈʁanu lazzəˈman hazˈze/

TT-English Hebrew

Mostly like our Ashkenazi Hebrew, except it has all the begadkefat consonants as in Tiberian Hebrew. Probably the most conservative Hebrew reading on Lõis. The exact accent would depend on the speaker's native English accent; the given values are the L-Standard English values.

Vowels

• patach = chataf patach = TRAP /a/ in open stressed syllables / PALM /ɑː/ in closed or unstressed syllables
• segol = chataf segol = DRESS /ɛ/
• tzere = FACE /ɛɪ/
• qamatz = chataf qamatz = THOUGHT /ɔː/ in open stressed syllables / LOT /ɔ/ in closed or unstressed syllables
• cholam = GOAT /əʊ~əʏ/
• chiriq = FLEECE /i:~ɪj/ in stressed or open syllables / KIT /ɪ/ in unstressed closed syllables
• qubbutz / shuruq = GOOSE /ü:/ in stressed or open syllables / FOOT /ɵ~ɘ/ in unstressed closed syllables
• shva is not pronounced except for euphony. When pronounced it is pronounced [ə].

Consonants

/ʔ b v g ɣ d ð h w z ħ tʼ j k x l m n s ʕ p f ts kʼ r ʃ t θ/ = [ʔ~∅ b v g ɣ d ð h w z x t j k x l m n s ʔ~∅ p f ts k ɾ~ɹ~ʋ ʃ t θ]

/l/ is clear [l] when before a vowel and dark [ɫ] otherwise.

Gemination is not pronounced.

Sample

The beginning of Genesis in an L-Standard English accent:

בְּרֵאשִׁ֖ית בָּרָ֣א אֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ת הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וְאֵ֥ת הָאָֽרֶץ׃

[bɹɛɪˈʃiːθ bɔˈʋɔː ʔɛləʊˈhiːm | ɛɪθ haʃɔˈmɑːjɪm wəˈʔɛɪθ hɔˈʔɔːʋɛts]

וְהָאָ֗רֶץ הָֽיְתָ֥ה תֹ֨הוּ֙ וָבֹ֔הוּ וְחֹ֖שֶׁךְ עַל־פְּנֵ֣י תְה֑וֹם וְר֣וּחַ אֱלֹהִ֔ים מְרַחֶ֖פֶת עַל־פְּנֵ֥י הַמָּֽיִם׃

[wəhɔˈʔɔːʋɛts hɔjˈθɔː ˈθəʊhüː wɔˈvəʊhüː wəˈxəʊʃɛx ʔaɫ pnɛɪ θəˈhəʊm | wəˈrüːwax ɛləʊˈhiːm məɹaˈxɛfɛθ ʔaɫ pnɛɪ haˈmɔːjɪm]

וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֱלֹהִ֖ים יְהִ֣י א֑וֹר וַֽיְהִי־אֽוֹר׃

[waˈjəʊmɛ(ə)ɾ ʔɛləʊˈhiːm jəhiː ʔəʊ(ə)ɾ, waɪˈhiː ʔəʊ(ə)ɾ]

וַיַּ֧רְא אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָא֖וֹר כִּי־ט֑וֹב וַיַּבְדֵּ֣ל אֱלֹהִ֔ים בֵּ֥ין הָא֖וֹר וּבֵ֥ין הַחֹֽשֶׁךְ׃

וַיִּקְרָ֨א אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ לָאוֹר֙ י֔וֹם וְלַחֹ֖שֶׁךְ קָ֣רָא לָ֑יְלָה וַֽיְהִי־עֶ֥רֶב וַֽיְהִי־בֹ֖קֶר י֥וֹם אֶחָֽד׃