http://www.kvile.net/hebrew/index.php/2008/02/22/lesson-two-the-vowels/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:55:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.kvile.net/hebrew/index.php/2008/02/22/lesson-two-the-vowels/#comment-36 Alvin Sun, 17 Oct 2010 22:56:22 +0000 http://www.kvile.net/hebrew/index.php/2008/02/22/lesson-two-the-vowels/#comment-36 I like the idea of explaining the pointing system, because beginners can't read Biblical Hebrew without it, but it is very confusing. For example "ee" as in "feet" is not a short vowel but a long one. The short "i" sound would be as in "hit"--corresponding to the short "Chireq" Also, the fact that the transliterations of the sounds you give use different diacritics for the vowels suggests different sounds, not all in the group corresponding to, say, "dark" or "weight". For long Qamets, you could use "calm" or "father"; for the Patach, you could use "mat". Also, the Quamets-Chatuph might best be represented by the short "o" as in "top" (since the "o" in "go" is a long vowel not a short one. Keep up the good work, but please help out the beginners! Best. Alvin I like the idea of explaining the pointing system, because beginners can’t read Biblical Hebrew without it, but it is very confusing.
For example “ee” as in “feet” is not a short vowel but a long one. The short “i”
sound would be as in “hit”–corresponding to the short “Chireq”
Also, the fact that the transliterations of the sounds you give use different diacritics for the vowels suggests different sounds, not all in the group corresponding to, say, “dark” or “weight”. For long Qamets, you could use “calm” or “father”; for the Patach, you could use “mat”.
Also, the Quamets-Chatuph might best be represented by the short “o” as in “top” (since the “o” in “go” is a long vowel not a short one.
Keep up the good work, but please help out the beginners!
Best.
Alvin

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