I think, Peter, that the second is true: the vowel remains the same in quality but is said/read shorter and more quickly. Let us compare אהי where, in Hos 13:10 and משי, silk, in Ez 16:10.
Greetings Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain) 2013/2/16 <[email protected]> > Dear Friends, > > I'm not in agreement with a friend, whether a vowel - say segol - that > gets a hatef changes in quality OR in quantity. I was taught that a hatef > vowel only is spoken shorter but the vowel itself remains the same. > Is it true ? > Can you help me ? > Yours > Peter Streitenger, Germany > > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > -- Pere Porta
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