To augment Pere's answer: Knowledge of vocabulary helps immensely here. The first word you cite is a noun with a suffix. The basic lexical form of this word is לֵבָב, in which the qames falls in the accented syllable. It, therefore, cannot be a qames hatuph (which can only occur in unaccented syllables). This does not change when a pronominal accent is added, even though the accent shifts to another syllable.
In your second example, as Pere noted, there is a short O-class vowel being employed. This is what the paradigm requires. GEORGE ATHAS Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) www.moore.edu.au _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
