Verse:Irta/Hebrew: Difference between revisions

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# Normative, careful pronunciation, used by older cantors, and in hymns, song and poetry. This pronunciation is often called ''Ha-Hăvohróh ha-Măcubéleth'' ההברה המקובלת [hahavoːˈɾoː haməʔkʊˈbɛlɛθ], literally 'received pronunciation' or 'accepted pronunciation' (meaning that it was the Hebrew pronunciation passed down by tradition in the Northern Levant at the time it was codified), named after Newton native Rabbi Yitskhác ben Mănakhấm's (יצחק בן מנחם /jɪʔtsˈħaʔk bɛn mənaˈħɛɪm/) 15th century guide ''Ha-Havohróh ha-Măcubéleth'' which described this pronunciation with a mapping to English sounds. It is thought to reflect 15th century English pronunciation in the city of [[Verse:Lõis/Newton|Newton]] which since then developed alongside L-Standard English, but with slightly different changes. It was preferred as a standard to bridge all the dizzying varieties of Hebrew accents at the time.

# Natural pronunciation which uses the speaker's native accent, used in other contexts, such as when an average Jew or a rabbi reads Hebrew texts or quotes Hebrew texts in a conversation. Cantors today are usually encouraged to follow their communities' local accents.

# There is yet another register of pronunciation: Hebrew loans in Jewish English usually have a stress shift to penultimate stress and strong vowel reduction, much like Hebrew vocabulary in Yiddish.

There is yet another register of pronunciation: Hebrew ~~words are borrowed into~~ Jewish English ~~with~~ a stress shift to penultimate stress and strong vowel reduction, much like Hebrew vocabulary in Yiddish.

Jews started speaking English soon after Tiberian Hebrew niqqud was standardized around AD 900. This was shortly after English underwent the Great Vowel Shift and entered the Northern Levant Sprachbund,

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 # Normative, careful pronunciation, used by older cantors, and in hymns, song and poetry. This pronunciation is often called ''Ha-Hăvohróh ha-Măcubéleth'' ההברה המקובלת [hahavoːˈɾoː haməʔkʊˈbɛlɛθ], literally 'received pronunciation' or 'accepted pronunciation' (meaning that it was the Hebrew pronunciation passed down by tradition in the Northern Levant at the time it was codified), named after Newton native Rabbi Yitskhác ben Mănakhấm's (יצחק בן מנחם /jɪʔtsˈħaʔk bɛn mənaˈħɛɪm/) 15th century guide ''Ha-Havohróh ha-Măcubéleth'' which described this pronunciation with a mapping to English sounds. It is thought to reflect 15th century English pronunciation in the city of [[Verse:Lõis/Newton|Newton]] which since then developed alongside L-Standard English, but with slightly different changes. It was preferred as a standard to bridge all the dizzying varieties of Hebrew accents at the time.
 # Natural pronunciation which uses the speaker's native accent, used in other contexts, such as when an average Jew or a rabbi reads Hebrew texts or quotes Hebrew texts in a conversation. Cantors today are usually encouraged to follow their communities' local accents.
+# There is yet another register of pronunciation: Hebrew loans in Jewish English usually have a stress shift to penultimate stress and strong vowel reduction, much like Hebrew vocabulary in Yiddish.
-There is yet another register of pronunciation: Hebrew words are borrowed into Jewish English with a stress shift to penultimate stress and strong vowel reduction, much like Hebrew vocabulary in Yiddish.
 Jews started speaking English soon after Tiberian Hebrew niqqud was standardized around AD 900. This was shortly after English underwent the Great Vowel Shift and entered the Northern Levant Sprachbund,