This supports the opinion that the placement of the Meteg is not material, but an esthetic artifact of the scribe.
Jony > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Kirk > Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 8:18 PM > To: Ted Hopp > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > Yes, there are variations in BHS from place to place here. Here are > some statistics for the WTS BHS text which I got from Joan > Wardell last > year: /meteg/ occurs 78 times centred in a /hataf vowel/ (but never > centred in /hataf patah/), six times to the left and twice to > the right. > > -- > Peter Kirk > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://web.onetel.net.uk/~peterkirk/ > > > > >
