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Kamatz or
qamatz (Modern Hebrew: קָמָץ, IPA: [kaˈmats];
alternatively קָמֶץ qāmeṣ) is a
Hebrew niqqud (vowel) sign
represented by two
perpendicular lines...
- Ashke****, Yemenite, and
Tiberian Hebrew. The
differentiation between kamatz gadol and
kamatz katan is made
according to
purely phonetic rules,
without regard...
- "Reduced Segol"). The
reduced (or ħataf)
niqqud exist for segol, patah, and
kamatz which contain a shva next to it. The
following table contains the pronunciation...
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Suffix Meaning Examples ָ ה (
Kamatz and He)
feminine singular סוּסָה susa (mare) סוּסָה טוֹבָה susa tova (good mare) ִ ים (Chirik, Yud and Final...
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cantillation in blue
Niqqud articles Shva · Hiriq · Zeire · Segol · Patach ·
Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Shuruk · Kubutz · Rafe · Sin/Shin dot...
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Dictionary respells תָּכְנִית as ⟨תּוֹכְנִית⟩
because the word uses the
kamatz katan. For example,
Sergey Ozhegov's
dictionary adds [нэ́] in
brackets to...
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prominent difference is
kamatz gadol in
closed syllables being pronounced same as
patah in
Yiddish but the same as any
other kamatz in Ashke**** Hebrew....
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Examples IPA IPA
after trans. a סָ (letter with
kamatz), (letter with patah), אַ/אָ (Alef with
kamatz or patach) (Not part of
ordinary Hebrew spelling...
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stressed (sometimes
called seggolate), may be
written with
kubutz or with
kamatz katan when declined. For example, base form: מַשְׂכֹּרֶת (wage, [masˈkoʁet]);...
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almost universally rabbi Obadiah ben
Abraham of Bartenura. When
using a
kamatz, the term can
refer to,
among others:
Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik:
Among Centrist...
