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Rabbi Joab Eichenberg-Eilon PhD
PRONOUNCING AND
• Hebrew = Semitic language like Aramaic, Arabic, etc.
• Typical : deep throaty sounds = “guttural” consonants or letters
• Lost some of their traditional sound but important for grammar
SEMITIC CONSONANTS: THE GUTTURALS
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‘áyin
’
’áleph
ḥ
ḥēt
h
hē
‟ALEPH AND „AYIN = GLOTTAL STOPS
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„ ‟
„áyin ‟áleph
• Two of the guttural - and - have no equivalent Western letters
• They represent a brief stop of air flow before a vowel
• The technical term for them is “glottal stops”
Sound Wave o f the Sy l l ab le ‟ā Where the G lo t ta l S top Happens
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GLOTTAL STOPS ARE CONSONANTS
Glottal Stop Glottal
‘
Consonant Vowel
ā
Adam ‟ādām
GLOTTAL STOP WITHIN A WORD
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Glottal stop Glottal stop
Vowel “a”Vowel “a”
HOW TO SAY “HAWAII”?
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huh – why
huh – why – ee
or
glottal stop
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Ha/wa/’ii
vowel
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Ha/waai
glottal stop vowel
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/ həwaɪʔ i : /Ha
glottal stop
vowel
wai’i
BE SURE YOU PRONOUNCE VOWELED AND
CONSONANTS
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Israel llé’| rah -Yis Eezraell
Jacob Yah | ’àh kov Yàhkov
Pharaoh Pahr | ’óh Pahrow
Saul Shah | ’óol Shawool
Hebrew English pronounce so: not so:
COURSE VOCABULARY VOWELED MIDDLE AND
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COURSE VOCABULARY INITIAL VOWELED AND (1/3)
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COURSE VOCABULARY INITIAL VOWELED AND (2/3)
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COURSE VOCABULARY INITIAL VOWELED AND (3/3)
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FINAL AND OTHER SILENT AND
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Furtive Pataḥ -
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= rēa’rē’a ≠= nōaḥnōḥa ≠
‘ayin or ḥet at the end of a word with the patah vowel have their
pronunciation inverted: instead of CV they are pronounced VC.
