Re: The status of the glottal stop in Hebrew

On Wed, 7 Jul 2004 16:44:46 -0400, Steg Belsky <draqonfayir@...> wrote:
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> ;-)
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> In Hebrew, "chumash" (with |ch| = /x/|/X\/ as in most common
> transliterations), means 'one of the five books of the Torah'.  In
> Ashkenazic-based Judeo-English it's usually pronounced /'xUm@S/, with
> /@/ realized as something like [1] or [I].
>
> -Stephen (Steg)
>  "it does not do to dwell on dreams... and forget to live."
>      ~ harry potter and the philos- i mean sorcerer's stone
>
Although, Chumash, the language is pronounced (at least in English) /tSumaS/ ;)
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