On the Orthography of Hebrew Words. 95 



Hhdlcm being a long vowel, we shall represent its sound, when 

 pure, by 5, as bbpi, yiktol; when impure, by 6, as Vip, kdl, •nite, 



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bdr, rt^| s gald. 



Shiirek. 



The sound of Slrarek was like the Eng. u in rule. 

 Shirek being a long vowel, we shall represent its sound, when 

 pure, by u, as bop, katfil;* when impure, by u, as ViBp, katul. 



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Pattahh. 



The sound of ( ) was like the Eng. a in bat. 



Pattahh being usually short, we shall represent its sound, when 

 pure, by a, as rpa, bayith ; when impure and long, by a,f as riKnpV, 

 Hkrath. 



S'ghol. 



The sound of ( ) was like the Eng. e in men. 

 S'ghol being usually short, we shall represent its sound, when 

 pure, by e, as !jba, melek j when impure and long, by e,f as 14 , g€, 



f»NX»n, nmtsend, rtbia, gdle. 



Hh-irek katon. 



( ) is pronounced like the Eng. i in pin. We shall represent it by 



i 



, as tispE* imkne. 



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Kamets Hhattiph. 



( ) is always short and pronounced like the Eng. o in son. We 

 represent it by o, as tt&iH, hhokhmd. 



Kiibbtfcs. 



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The sound of ( m ) was like the Eng. u in gull. 

 Ktbbwts being usually short, we shall represent its sound, when 

 pure, by u, as l3», kwlld; when impure and long, by u,f as !fw> 



pwra 



Shiirtfk pure, it will be seen, is the same as what Prot Stuart calls Klbbtlts 



vicarious. 



t The printers are necessitated, fn these cases, to use the pointed instead of the 

 curved circumflex. The latter is to be preferred. 



