If you simply mean what is an example of a quiescent waw, it’s any waw that is not functioning as a consonant (i.e. it is not pronounced as a consonant). Any holem-waw would be a quiescent waw, e.g. the waw in the word “light” אוֹר in Genesis 1:3.
If you mean a case where a waw in a word is sometimes consonantal and sometimes not, the I-Waw verbs exhibit this behavior in the yiqtol (imperfect). Compare Hiphil and Niphal. In the Hiphil the waw is vocalic. E.g. אוֹשִׁיעַ “I save” in Judges 6:15. In the Niphal the waw is consonantal. E.g. אִוָּשֵׁעַ “I am saved” in Psalm 18:4. Notice the qamets under the waw in the Niphal. That tells you that you have to pronounce that waw as consonantal because you can’t have two vowels in a row in Hebrew (other than the furtive patach).
@@animatedhebrew Thank you for the answers. I really appreciate it. Maybe I have not constructed my question clearly. What I am trying to ask is if there are examples where the waw is in the word but is unpronounced. I could remember I read a book by Edward Horowitz's "How The Hebrew Language Grew" where he mentions waw as a weak letter and is dropped out in many English words as an example.
@@animatedhebrew Thank you, can I have other examples as well? Most people think that vav is also a vowel "O" or "U" and would say the vav is pronounced as a vowel in אוֹר
If you think that Hebrew is difficult try to learn Portuguese that to every single rule there´s an exepction, or two or even more. And what about the verbs that a simple suffix like "AR" you can create a new verb!? I am talking about the Brazilian Portuguese because the onde spoke in Portugal it´s another language with their on rules...
Do you have an example where the waw is quiescent?
If you simply mean what is an example of a quiescent waw, it’s any waw that is not functioning as a consonant (i.e. it is not pronounced as a consonant). Any holem-waw would be a quiescent waw, e.g. the waw in the word “light” אוֹר in Genesis 1:3.
If you mean a case where a waw in a word is sometimes consonantal and sometimes not, the I-Waw verbs exhibit this behavior in the yiqtol (imperfect). Compare Hiphil and Niphal. In the Hiphil the waw is vocalic. E.g. אוֹשִׁיעַ “I save” in Judges 6:15. In the Niphal the waw is consonantal. E.g. אִוָּשֵׁעַ “I am saved” in Psalm 18:4. Notice the qamets under the waw in the Niphal. That tells you that you have to pronounce that waw as consonantal because you can’t have two vowels in a row in Hebrew (other than the furtive patach).
@@animatedhebrew Thank you for the answers. I really appreciate it. Maybe I have not constructed my question clearly. What I am trying to ask is if there are examples where the waw is in the word but is unpronounced. I could remember I read a book by Edward Horowitz's "How The Hebrew Language Grew" where he mentions waw as a weak letter and is dropped out in many English words as an example.
@@aldenvidal Yes there are many words like that. In the word אוֹר above the waw is not pronounced. אוֹר is pronounced OR, not VOR and not WOR.
@@animatedhebrew Thank you, can I have other examples as well? Most people think that vav is also a vowel "O" or "U" and would say the vav is pronounced as a vowel in אוֹר
If you think that Hebrew is difficult try to learn Portuguese that to every single rule there´s an exepction, or two or even more. And what about the verbs that a simple suffix like "AR" you can create a new verb!? I am talking about the Brazilian Portuguese because the onde spoke in Portugal it´s another language with their on rules...