Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions
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Most people merge /ħ/ and /x/ into [χ], and /ʕ/ and /ʔ/ into [ʔ~Ø]. /ʔ ʕ/ are sometimes dropped in casual reading, especially where English would add a hiatus, but are always pronounced (at least, both as [ʔ]) in more careful readings. Some cantors who are careful readers may pronounce /ħ ʕ/ as [ħ ʕ]. | Most people merge /ħ/ and /x/ into [χ], and /ʕ/ and /ʔ/ into [ʔ~Ø]. /ʔ ʕ/ are sometimes dropped in casual reading, especially where English would add a hiatus, but are always pronounced (at least, both as [ʔ]) in more careful readings. Some cantors who are careful readers may pronounce /ħ ʕ/ as [ħ ʕ]. | ||
Many people but not everyone uses glottal reinforcement for postvocalic /tʼ kʼ ts/: e.g. צַדִּיק /tsadˈdikʼ/ [tsaˈdɪjʔk~tsaˈdɪjk] 'righteous; pious, saintly'. | Many people but not everyone uses glottal reinforcement for postvocalic /tʼ kʼ ts/: e.g. צַדִּיק /tsadˈdikʼ/ [tsaˈdɪjʔk~tsaˈdɪjk] 'righteous; pious, saintly'. (This is a widely-used [[Knánith]]ism.) | ||
Gemination is not pronounced. | Gemination is not pronounced. | ||