I've been interested in learning Hebrew for decades. I'm now 63. I think this will be a driving force to my learning. And yes your voice is very pleasant and easy on the ears ❤
Thank you for introducing the shva and pronounciation structures early on. I can imagine how that could have been a difficult choice in designing your program. The rules seem complicated at first but the shva is such a helpful little friend when it comes to understanding sounds, and syllables. I had started learning the letters and writing a few words from various sources but moving to the pronunciation quickly seems like the right thing to do. 'Seeing' the syllable breakouts is important too and I appreciate you helping us get to that right away. Where people might start learning a language only by speaking at first, digging into the written form seems like the best way to get started. At least for Hebrew. Even after watching Lesson 3 only once, I started to "hear" the words I see a little better. It rapidly got better from there! Thank you for sharing what you know with us. Your pronunciation description of two dots is more nuanced and doesn't jump to calling it "ay". Probably because you are a native speaker so I value that. And I think Im finally beginning to teally understand the yodh. I appreciate you having the courage to put this together in the way you knew it needed to be. Thank you! P.S. I bought one of the Yeh-shu-ah tee-shirts. Looking forward to it's arrival!
Thanks , reasons why I'm asking ,in my English and Hebrew tanakh. Gods name in Hebrew sometimes has one shva above the letter oh long vowel ,sometimes 2 , other times none . I have 2 translation s ,they both are the same .
This really helped understand a problem I’ve been having in learning my Torah portion. I am doing Parshat Noah. My portion includes Genesis 10. I’m having a problem with verse 19. This is a genealogy. All of the names listed are proceeded by “VE”. Except for one-peceeded by “VA.” I spoke to the rabbi today. He started off by saying its some tricky grammar. To which I said “is this about the SHVA?” And he said that it was. Apparently a SHVA can’t go before a silent letter like an Iyan. He said it probably wasn’t this way at the beginning, but it morphed over time. So thank you. Strange rules but now I understand the situation thanks to you, I had a introduction to this tricky vowel
Glad I can help, although I’m not sure which specific Hebrew word or name in Gen. 10:19 you had trouble with? Not seeing what you are describing in that verse. 😳
Thanks for explaining Shva. It can be really confusing. I see I’ve been pronouncing “lomdeem” wrong. Also, other ones. Thanks for the rules. I will have to watch the video again and again to really get it.
That is technically correct, BUT in the very rare case that a shva will appear after a Kholam Khaser, that shva will most likely be a silent shva, because the letter with the kholam will most likely have a dagesh in it. So, this is why I call it “BIG vs SMALL” and not “Long vs Short”, and why I separated the too kholams. I hope that helps. 😉 Btw, if you can find a word with that scenario of a shva following a kholam khaser, and you think that shva is vocal, please send it to me and I will be happy to re-consider the way I teach it 😉
@@TheWORDinHEBREW thanks for answering, that shows you are serious about teaching Hebrew, and I was surprised because I never expected an answer, and I would agree with you as you said very rare case, the reason I made the comment was because the book that I mentioned it had many good reviews from very serious scholars, and when I read yours I said to myself what is it that always find different scholars saying or teaching different ways how to pronounce words and I know Biblical Hebrew is different than modern Hebrew and in my personal case I want to make sure I pronounce correctly when praying. As an example when I’ve been in different synagogue some of them they said the word “הודו” wrong depending where the accent is and if they read with aleph or ayim. I didn’t mean this to be long, and I thank you for your time.
@@Manny-hu5rzYou’re very welcome. Yes, accents and punctuation will vary depending if it Ashkenazi or Sephardic for example. My goal is to simplify it so people can learn quicker and with less to worry about, so they can read and pronounce the Biblical Hebrew text as close as possible to the way any native Hebrew speaker would read it. I’m sure that Moses and Yeshua had different accents, but they would have understood each other just fine . And neither of them had any vowels to help them, lol 😏
Shalom, you should watch the video again and pay attention to the table dividing between the “small” and “big” vowels (other might call them “short” and “long” respectively.
Boker Tov! Can you help me understand why the shva is sometimes pronounced with an eh, like in ‘bet’ but other times like an a, as in ‘they?’ Thank you for all the work you do; very helpful!
Hmmm, both cases you mentioned sound the same to me 😳 The bottom line is, when the shva is vocal, it is pronounced as an “eh”. When it is silent, it is not pronounced at all.
On timeline 12:11 where you showed 2 tables of small and big vowels, the vowel Tsere appears on both tables. So is the vowel Tsere a small or big vowel?
Question - I am just learning and wanted to spell my son’s name in Hebrew. His name is Brett and I have seen spelling with the SHVA and without. Based on this video, it looks like the SHVA should be included but the pronunciation seems odd to me Beh-reh-T?
Shalom and thank you for your wonderful videos. I have a question if I may. I am soon to be taking my father's, my grandfather's, and my great grandfather's patronymic name "Samuel". Having said that, I want to take the Hebrew spelling. It would appear that "Shmuel" is the most commonly used hebrew spelling of Samuel. However, someone posted on the Internet that the name "Shmuel" has a vocal sheva and therefore the correct spelling is "Shemuel". Whereby someone else then corrected this by saying that there is no segol in a sh'va sound and so the most correct spelling would be "Shimuel". Which of these three spellings is the most correct would you say - Shmuel, Shemuel, or Shimuel? I do not speak a word of Hebrew sadly (other than "shalom" that is) and so please excuse my ignorance. Many thanks from London UK and the very loveliest of blessings wherever you are, today, each day, forever and always 🙏
Shalom and thank you for watching my videos. The correct pronunciation of your name is: sheh/moo/EH-L (Shemuel) שְׁמוּאֵל The first vowel is a shva (not segol). And as per Hebrew rules, a shva in the beginning of a word is ALWAYS vocal, so it adds the “eh” sound. “Shmuel” is used by modern Hebrew speakers (the “lazy” way of saying it) “Shimuel” is an Ashkenazi orthodox Yiddish pronunciation (most incorrect!) But the correct biblical way is Shemuel. I hope this helps & God bless 🙏
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Shalom 🙏 Thank you so much for replying; I really do appreciate it. That is extremely kind and most helpful and so thank you from the innermost depths of my being. "Shemuel" it is 😊 One final question if I may. My surname is Benjamin. Am I right in thinking that "Binyamin" is the correct biblical hebrew spelling? I only ask as I sometimes see it written as "Benyamin" also. Yours in appreciation and with utmost respect, -Shemuel 🙏💛 (Shemuel "Binyamin?") Or as Shemuel is my patronymic name, I suppose I could simply go by the name "Ben-Shemuel"? 😂 Thank you once again 🌷🌼🥀🌸🌻🌺
When a Yod comes after a kheerik (the little dot under a letter for the vowel “ee”), it becomes a part of that vowel and therefor is not pronounced on its own. See my video on the vowels here: ruclips.net/video/Pvt-F2QZx3E/видео.htmlsi=db8UUBxlNZkLpHzf
Shalom. I'd like to ask, I've read in Isaiah 24:16 the word מִכְּנַ֨ף mik keh naph. In one Bible page the word is transliterated as mik'naph (silent shva). As you said if there's a dagesh in a letter it should be voiced shva and not silent shva. Are they both correct mikenaph and miknaph My last question why the word kanaph in the said verse came mikenaph and not mikanaph? I hope you can help me to learn more about this shva vowel sound.
Shalom, Yes, it will read “mee/keh/NA-F” because of the dagesh on the כ. The reason it becomes “mee/keh/NA-f”, is because the מ before the כ, is actually a Prefix (“from”) and not a part of the word itself, so in that case, the kha-f must receive a dagesh and therefore, the vowel kamatz must change to a vocal shva. Just some of the rules that are beyond those I can cover in my course (there are MANY complicated rules like that 😳) And yes, MOST of the time, if a shva is under or after a letter with a dagesh, it is a vocal shva, regardless of the vowel before it, but not always 😳 I hope that helps & God bless!
The shewa on the kaf is doubled. This means there are essentially two shewas. The first is silent, the second is vocal. You would read it like מכְּכְּנף mik-ke-naf as you transliterated it the first time.
No worries, Technically, it IS a vocal shva, but in MODERN Hebrew, a lot of times, we don’t emphasize the pronunciation of a shva in the beginning of a word, especially when speaking fluently (and fast 😉) However, if pronounced correctly, it would be seh/VEH/deh-r
@@TheWORDinHEBREW ah, I see, thanks! Do instances like this, where the shva should be pronounced but often people don't, happen usually only at the beginning of words?
Can letters at the end of a word also be silent?(other then the silent letters like alef and the rest ) So no base sound and if so how do u find out? Letters with base sound?
Nope. The only time a letter at the end of a word is silent, is when it is א, ע or ה AND it has no vowel. If א is at the end, it will never have a vowel, but ה or ע could receive a patach at the end and will then make the sound “ah” for ע or “ha” for ה with a patach. I hope that helps 😉
Why is it Beh-reh-Sheet and not beh-reh-sheTH, I learned the tav without the degesh is a The sound like that,but see sometimes people use T instead of the even though there is no dagesh for hard pronouncation
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Thank you for the response sister Godbless you,so then the (Th) is An american pronunciation?so there is no difference between tab with and without dagesh?thank you for your response I truly appreciate it :)
Do you mean the in letter Tav (not "tab")? The pronunciation is the same regardless of the dagesh for Tav. If the Tav is with a dagesh in the middle of a word, chances are that the accent will fall there (but not always). Bottom line is that a Tav ת תּ is pronounced as a hard T and not "th" regardless of wether it has a dagesh or not. Pronouncing it as "th" is incorrect. I hope that helps.
@@TheWORDinHEBREW I had no idea the college Hebrew book I'm learning from says that its (th) without dageshwith dagesh it T,so now that I've learned something new I want to know what's the point of the dagesh then? thanks again for all the help sister :)
College Hebrew books teach all the technical and tedious details of Hebrew/Biblical Hebrew grammar etc. In original, Biblical Hebrew there ARE little differences in pronunciation of the similar letters, the vowels and dagesh vs no dagesh. If you want to learn technical/academic Hebrew, then you should follow your book. My teaching style is meant to simplify Hebrew for beginners, which is why I don’t teach those tiny differences in the pronunciation, which are so minute that in my opinion are not necessary to learn and only complicate learning Hebrew. This is why I group similar sounds together. As for the dagesh, it makes a difference with בּ ב , פ פּ, כ כּ but not with ת. Also, when you see a dagesh on OTHER letters, it typically marks where the accent of the word (the stress) should be, although not always. So, again ת should be pronounced as a hard T regardless of a dagesh. No native Hebrew/Israeli will pronounce it as “th”. 😉
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That's great! And thank you 😇
The voice is welcoming and enhances learning. This is in contrast with other teachers of Hebrew where the voice may not be as welcoming.
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Thank you for introducing the shva and pronounciation structures early on. I can imagine how that could have been a difficult choice in designing your program. The rules seem complicated at first but the shva is such a helpful little friend when it comes to understanding sounds, and syllables. I had started learning the letters and writing a few words from various sources but moving to the pronunciation quickly seems like the right thing to do. 'Seeing' the syllable breakouts is important too and I appreciate you helping us get to that right away.
Where people might start learning a language only by speaking at first, digging into the written form seems like the best way to get started. At least for Hebrew. Even after watching Lesson 3 only once, I started to "hear" the words I see a little better. It rapidly got better from there! Thank you for sharing what you know with us.
Your pronunciation description of two dots is more nuanced and doesn't jump to calling it "ay". Probably because you are a native speaker so I value that. And I think Im finally beginning to teally understand the yodh. I appreciate you having the courage to put this together in the way you knew it needed to be. Thank you!
P.S. I bought one of the Yeh-shu-ah tee-shirts. Looking forward to it's arrival!
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Thank you very much, this lesson helps me a lot in understanding how to devide syllables in hebrew word... 🙏
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Thanks , reasons why I'm asking ,in my English and Hebrew tanakh. Gods name in Hebrew sometimes has one shva above the letter oh long vowel ,sometimes 2 , other times none . I have 2 translation s ,they both are the same .
That’s not a shva, it’s a cantillation mark 😉
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Could you explain the need or rule to put א in the middle after ר
It’s just the way some words in Hebrew spell.
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This really helped understand a problem I’ve been having in learning my Torah portion. I am doing Parshat Noah.
My portion includes Genesis 10. I’m having a problem with verse 19. This is a genealogy. All of the names listed are proceeded by “VE”. Except for one-peceeded by “VA.”
I spoke to the rabbi today. He started off by saying its some tricky grammar. To which I said “is this about the SHVA?” And he said that it was. Apparently a SHVA can’t go before a silent letter like an Iyan.
He said it probably wasn’t this way at the beginning, but it morphed over time.
So thank you. Strange rules but now I understand the situation
thanks to you, I had a introduction to this tricky vowel
Glad I can help, although I’m not sure which specific Hebrew word or name in Gen. 10:19 you had trouble with? Not seeing what you are describing in that verse. 😳
@@TheWORDinHEBREW VaEmoree.
All the other names are. Ve
There is no shva in that word. There is an "AH" vowel under the ֲע (Khataf-Patakh).
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Thank you for your reply. I’m going to have to check that again. Confusing.
#2:23 #2:24 #2:25
#3:35 #3:36 #3:37
Thanks for explaining Shva. It can be really confusing. I see I’ve been pronouncing “lomdeem” wrong. Also, other ones. Thanks for the rules.
I will have to watch the video again and again to really get it.
Glad I can help :-) Thank you for watching!
In Biblical Hebrew cholam chaser and cholam male are Big Vowels, references “ Learning Biblical Hebrew “ by Karl V. Kutz. Page 15. Thanks
That is technically correct, BUT in the very rare case that a shva will appear after a Kholam Khaser, that shva will most likely be a silent shva, because the letter with the kholam will most likely have a dagesh in it. So, this is why I call it “BIG vs SMALL” and not “Long vs Short”, and why I separated the too kholams. I hope that helps. 😉 Btw, if you can find a word with that scenario of a shva following a kholam khaser, and you think that shva is vocal, please send it to me and I will be happy to re-consider the way I teach it 😉
@@TheWORDinHEBREW thanks for answering, that shows you are serious about teaching Hebrew, and I was surprised because I never expected an answer, and I would agree with you as you said very rare case, the reason I made the comment was because the book that I mentioned it had many good reviews from very serious scholars, and when I read yours I said to myself what is it that always find different scholars saying or teaching different ways how to pronounce words and I know Biblical Hebrew is different than modern Hebrew and in my personal case I want to make sure I pronounce correctly when praying. As an example when I’ve been in different synagogue some of them they said the word “הודו” wrong depending where the accent is and if they read with aleph or ayim. I didn’t mean this to be long, and I thank you for your time.
@@Manny-hu5rzYou’re very welcome. Yes, accents and punctuation will vary depending if it Ashkenazi or Sephardic for example. My goal is to simplify it so people can learn quicker and with less to worry about, so they can read and pronounce the Biblical Hebrew text as close as possible to the way any native Hebrew speaker would read it. I’m sure that Moses and Yeshua had different accents, but they would have understood each other just fine . And neither of them had any vowels to help them, lol 😏
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Could you please throw light on what you meant by a "small vowel".
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Rabbi, could you please throw light on what you meant by
" small vowels" .
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Shalom, you should watch the video again and pay attention to the table dividing between the “small” and “big” vowels (other might call them “short” and “long” respectively.
Boker Tov! Can you help me understand why the shva is sometimes pronounced with an eh, like in ‘bet’ but other times like an a, as in ‘they?’ Thank you for all the work you do; very helpful!
Hmmm, both cases you mentioned sound the same to me 😳 The bottom line is, when the shva is vocal, it is pronounced as an “eh”. When it is silent, it is not pronounced at all.
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So the SHVA is neither a big or a small vowel?
The Shva is more of a “small” (short) vowel, but smaller/shorter than normal in a sense, which is why it is on its own and have its own rules 😉
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What if shva is above a letter in Hebrew? Meaning 2 dots
This can never happen. A shva can only be below a letter.
@@TheWORDinHEBREWi have 2 translation s they both are the same . It's the v vowel , with 2 sometimes 1 shva sometimes none . Just the v vowel
Not sure what you mean, but unless it's under the letter, it's not a shva, but a cantillation mark or something else.
On timeline 12:11 where you showed 2 tables of small and big vowels, the vowel Tsere appears on both tables. So is the vowel Tsere a small or big vowel?
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Oh yes, you are right. My fault. Sorry about that.
Question - I am just learning and wanted to spell my son’s name in Hebrew. His name is Brett and I have seen spelling with the SHVA and without. Based on this video, it looks like the SHVA should be included but the pronunciation seems odd to me Beh-reh-T?
Shalom Jay, Since “Brett” is not a Hebrew name or word, Hebrew rules will not apply in this case.
@@TheWORDinHEBREW thank you! So either spelling would be ok?
Since it’s not a Hebrew word, the shva in the beginning will not be pronounced. I wouldn’t even put vowels on it 😳
Shalom and thank you for your wonderful videos. I have a question if I may.
I am soon to be taking my father's, my grandfather's, and my great grandfather's patronymic name "Samuel".
Having said that, I want to take the Hebrew spelling. It would appear that "Shmuel" is the most commonly used hebrew spelling of Samuel. However, someone posted on the Internet that the name "Shmuel" has a vocal sheva and therefore the correct spelling is "Shemuel". Whereby someone else then corrected this by saying that there is no segol in a sh'va sound and so the most correct spelling would be "Shimuel". Which of these three spellings is the most correct would you say - Shmuel, Shemuel, or Shimuel?
I do not speak a word of Hebrew sadly (other than "shalom" that is) and so please excuse my ignorance.
Many thanks from London UK and the very loveliest of blessings wherever you are, today, each day, forever and always 🙏
Shalom and thank you for watching my videos.
The correct pronunciation of your name is:
sheh/moo/EH-L (Shemuel)
שְׁמוּאֵל
The first vowel is a shva (not segol). And as per Hebrew rules, a shva in the beginning of a word is ALWAYS vocal, so it adds the “eh” sound.
“Shmuel” is used by modern Hebrew speakers (the “lazy” way of saying it)
“Shimuel” is an Ashkenazi orthodox Yiddish pronunciation (most incorrect!)
But the correct biblical way is Shemuel.
I hope this helps & God bless 🙏
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Shalom 🙏 Thank you so much for replying; I really do appreciate it. That is extremely kind and most helpful and so thank you from the innermost depths of my being. "Shemuel" it is 😊
One final question if I may. My surname is Benjamin. Am I right in thinking that "Binyamin" is the correct biblical hebrew spelling? I only ask as I sometimes see it written as "Benyamin" also.
Yours in appreciation and with utmost respect,
-Shemuel 🙏💛
(Shemuel "Binyamin?") Or as Shemuel is my patronymic name, I suppose I could simply go by the name "Ben-Shemuel"? 😂
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You are very welcome. Yes, the correct pronunciation is Binyamin.
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Thank you 😊 I so appreciate your kind help.
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In lomehdeem, why isnt the pronounciation for yod made?
When a Yod comes after a kheerik (the little dot under a letter for the vowel “ee”), it becomes a part of that vowel and therefor is not pronounced on its own. See my video on the vowels here: ruclips.net/video/Pvt-F2QZx3E/видео.htmlsi=db8UUBxlNZkLpHzf
Shalom.
I'd like to ask, I've read in Isaiah 24:16 the word מִכְּנַ֨ף mik keh naph. In one Bible page the word is transliterated as mik'naph (silent shva). As you said if there's a dagesh in a letter it should be voiced shva and not silent shva.
Are they both correct mikenaph and miknaph
My last question why the word kanaph in the said verse came mikenaph and not mikanaph?
I hope you can help me to learn more about this shva vowel sound.
Shalom, Yes, it will read “mee/keh/NA-F” because of the dagesh on the כ.
The reason it becomes “mee/keh/NA-f”, is because the מ before the כ, is actually a Prefix (“from”) and not a part of the word itself, so in that case, the kha-f must receive a dagesh and therefore, the vowel kamatz must change to a vocal shva.
Just some of the rules that are beyond those I can cover in my course (there are MANY complicated rules like that 😳)
And yes, MOST of the time, if a shva is under or after a letter with a dagesh, it is a vocal shva, regardless of the vowel before it, but not always 😳
I hope that helps & God bless!
The shewa on the kaf is doubled. This means there are essentially two shewas. The first is silent, the second is vocal. You would read it like מכְּכְּנף mik-ke-naf as you transliterated it the first time.
Hi! Could you please explain to me why in the word סודר for example ס is pronounced with a silent shva, even though it's at the beginning of the word?
Shalom! Could you send it with the vowels please or verse reference?
@@TheWORDinHEBREWyeah, sure: סְווֶדֶר (I'm realizing now that I spelled it wrong in the first comment, sorry)
No worries, Technically, it IS a vocal shva, but in MODERN Hebrew, a lot of times, we don’t emphasize the pronunciation of a shva in the beginning of a word, especially when speaking fluently (and fast 😉) However, if pronounced correctly, it would be seh/VEH/deh-r
@@TheWORDinHEBREW ah, I see, thanks! Do instances like this, where the shva should be pronounced but often people don't, happen usually only at the beginning of words?
@@enchanted_cow In fluent, modern Hebrew, yes, or it becomes more subtle. :-)
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Can letters at the end of a word also be silent?(other then the silent letters like alef and the rest ) So no base sound and if so how do u find out? Letters with base sound?
Nope. The only time a letter at the end of a word is silent, is when it is א, ע or ה AND it has no vowel.
If א is at the end, it will never have a vowel, but ה or ע could receive a patach at the end and will then make the sound “ah” for ע or “ha” for ה with a patach. I hope that helps 😉
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Why is it Beh-reh-Sheet and not beh-reh-sheTH, I learned the tav without the degesh is a The sound like that,but see sometimes people use T instead of the even though there is no dagesh for hard pronouncation
Because it's the native Hebrew-Biblical-Israeli accent and not American-European-Hasidic (European-Ashkenazi) "Hebrew" :-)
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Thank you for the response sister Godbless you,so then the (Th) is An american pronunciation?so there is no difference between tab with and without dagesh?thank you for your response I truly appreciate it :)
Do you mean the in letter Tav (not "tab")? The pronunciation is the same regardless of the dagesh for Tav. If the Tav is with a dagesh in the middle of a word, chances are that the accent will fall there (but not always). Bottom line is that a Tav ת תּ is pronounced as a hard T and not "th" regardless of wether it has a dagesh or not. Pronouncing it as "th" is incorrect. I hope that helps.
@@TheWORDinHEBREW I had no idea the college Hebrew book I'm learning from says that its (th) without dageshwith dagesh it T,so now that I've learned something new I want to know what's the point of the dagesh then? thanks again for all the help sister :)
College Hebrew books teach all the technical and tedious details of Hebrew/Biblical Hebrew grammar etc. In original, Biblical Hebrew there ARE little differences in pronunciation of the similar letters, the vowels and dagesh vs no dagesh. If you want to learn technical/academic Hebrew, then you should follow your book.
My teaching style is meant to simplify Hebrew for beginners, which is why I don’t teach those tiny differences in the pronunciation, which are so minute that in my opinion are not necessary to learn and only complicate learning Hebrew. This is why I group similar sounds together.
As for the dagesh, it makes a difference with בּ ב , פ פּ, כ כּ but not with ת. Also, when you see a dagesh on OTHER letters, it typically marks where the accent of the word (the stress) should be, although not always.
So, again ת should be pronounced as a hard T regardless of a dagesh. No native Hebrew/Israeli will pronounce it as “th”. 😉
Is the shuruk vowel of the letter Vav considered to be a dagesh? Can all Hebrew letters accept a dagesh?
@@TheWORDinHEBREW Yes! Thank you much.
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