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*segol = chataf segol = DRESS /ɛ/. Usually transcribed ''e''. | *segol = chataf segol = DRESS /ɛ/. Usually transcribed ''e''. | ||
*tzere = FACE /ɛɪ/. Usually transcribed ''â''. | *tzere = FACE /ɛɪ/. Usually transcribed ''â''. | ||
*qamatz = | *qamatz = Normatively, "qamatz gadol" (most open OR stressed syllables) is tense THOUGHT /oː/, and "qamatz qatan" (closed usntressed syllables) is lax LOT /ɔ/. Usually transcribed ''o'', ''oh'' or ''au''. However, often reduced to [ɔ] in pretonic unstressed syllables. | ||
*cholam = GOAT /əʊ~əʏ/; the normative realization is [ə̟ʊ~ɛʊ]. Backed to [ɔʊ~ɒʊ] before dark L, and may be backed to [oʊ] before /r/. Usually transcribed ''uo''. | *cholam = GOAT /əʊ~əʏ/; the normative realization is [ə̟ʊ~ɛʊ]. Backed to [ɔʊ~ɒʊ] before dark L, and may be backed to [oʊ] before /r/. Usually transcribed ''uo''. | ||
*chiriq = tense FLEECE /i:~ɪj/ in tonic, or posttonic open syllables / lax KIT /ɪ/ otherwise. Usually transcribed ''i'' or ''ê''. Some people use ''-ih'' (suggesting the happY vowel) to represent final unstressed /i/: אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְחָפְזִי /ʔaˈniː ʔɔːˈmaɾtiː bəχɔfˈziː/ ''anê ohmarrtih bkhofzê'' 'I said in my haste'. | *chiriq = tense FLEECE /i:~ɪj/ in tonic, or posttonic open syllables / lax KIT /ɪ/ otherwise. Usually transcribed ''i'' or ''ê''. Some people use ''-ih'' (suggesting the happY vowel) to represent final unstressed /i/: אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְחָפְזִי /ʔaˈniː ʔɔːˈmaɾtiː bəχɔfˈziː/ ''anê ohmarrtih bkhofzê'' 'I said in my haste'. | ||