Re: Hebrew spelling
| From: | Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, September 12, 2004, 11:31 |
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On Sep 12, 2004, at 1:09 PM, David H wrote:
> Well, the word "me'od" is most often spelled "mem alef vav dalet" ...at
> least that's how I've seen it, but it already has an alef carrying the
> o
> sound, so a vav shouldn't be needed, so why do people write it like
> this?
> Thanks
Because the alef isn't carrying the /o/!
The alef in _me'od_ is *consonantal*, not an _eim qeri'a_. Hence the
glottal stop /?/, transcribed |'| in the middle.
If it were a vowel-holder, the word would be _mod_.
If i remember correctly, there is a word _nod_ spelled with an alef in
the middle.
-Stephen (Steg)
"seábhúa` tóbh"?
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