SYLLABLES

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SYLLABLES

• A syllable is a group of letters that are
  pronounced together in a word.
• rot has one syllable
• rotten has two syllables (rot / ten)
• rottenness has three syllables (rot / ten /
  ness)
• Hebrew has certain syllable rules
• A syllable may not begin with a vowel.
• There are two kinds of syllables.
• open syllable consonant vowel ??? (ba)
• closed syllable consonant vowel consonant
  ???? (bat)

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SHEWAS (shevas)

• In the vowel video, you learned three short
  vowels that were superscripted in
  transliteration. These each had a shewa two
  vertical dots next to the vowel mark
• ??? ??? ???
• shewas FREQUENTLY appear alone and are either
  silent of vocalized (like an in between vowel
  sound like the first e in severe
  suh-vere)

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HOW TO TELL if shewa is silent or vocalized
This is why you need to know the vowel chart in
the previous video and the syllable categories in
this video. Other examples .
From Mark Futato, Beginning Hebrew, 14.
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APPLYING the shewa rule
From Mark Futato, Beginning Hebrew, 14.