03-21-2024, 10:00 PM
(03-21-2024, 08:22 PM)Blue Bird Wrote: Thank you Dana, Glenn, Rosends and CtJacobs for your answers!
Dana, a beginners question: is this zaqep qaton someting different than the dots in the letter? Is there a source online where I could read something about it?
My question came as I tried to say the sentence quickly and with a nice sounding rythm. Although I heard that usually the last sylible is stressed, I found this good to say: KI- aZAH chaMAvet aHAvah. - When I tried ahaVah it sounded a bit bumpy.
You're welcome Blue Bird. Yes, I am referring to the two small vertical dots above the Bet on the word for love. a-haVah. The capitol V. The differences I believe in pronunciation and stress are very subtle.
A dagesh which means piercing is a dot in the heart of a letter. There is also a dot which occurs at the end of a word in the letter hey called a mappiq which means (bringing out). It is used as a consonant and pronounced as a sharp H.
There is much more to it then just this which sounds a little confusing. I do not know any online sources but if you are interested in some beginner books I know of a few that have been quite helpful. Hope this helps. I'm a student myself so I am not proficient in the language.