Verse:Tdūrzů/Hebrew: Difference between revisions

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*tzere = FACE /ɛɪ/. Usually transcribed ''â''.

*qamatz = chataf qamatz = tense THOUGHT /ɔː/ in open OR stressed syllables / lax LOT /ɔ/ in closed unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''o'', ''oh'' or ''au''.

*cholam = GOAT /əʊ~əʏ/; ~~careful readers say~~ [ə̟ʊ]. Usually transcribed ''uo''.

*cholam = GOAT /əʊ~əʏ/; the normative realization is [ə̟ʊ]. Usually transcribed ''uo''.

*chiriq = tense FLEECE /i:~ɪj/ in open syllables / lax KIT /ɪ/ in pretonic unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''i'' or ''ê''. Some people use ''-ih'' (suggesting the happY vowel) for final unstressed /i/: אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְחָפְזִי /ʔaˈniː ʔɔːˈmaɾtiː bəχɔfˈziː/ ''anê ohmarrtih bkhofzê'' 'I said in my haste'.

*qubbutz / shuruq = tense GOOSE /ü:/ in stressed or open syllables / lax FOOT /ɵ~ʊ̈/ in unstressed closed syllables. Usually transcribed ''u'' or ''ô''.

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 *tzere = FACE /ɛɪ/. Usually transcribed ''â''.
 *qamatz = chataf qamatz = tense THOUGHT /ɔː/ in open OR stressed syllables / lax LOT /ɔ/ in closed unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''o'', ''oh'' or ''au''.
-*cholam = GOAT /əʊ~əʏ/; careful readers say [ə̟ʊ]. Usually transcribed ''uo''.
+*cholam = GOAT /əʊ~əʏ/; the normative realization is [ə̟ʊ]. Usually transcribed ''uo''.
 *chiriq = tense FLEECE /i:~ɪj/ in open syllables / lax KIT /ɪ/ in pretonic unstressed syllables. Usually transcribed ''i'' or ''ê''. Some people use ''-ih'' (suggesting the happY vowel) for final unstressed /i/: אֲנִי אָמַרְתִּי בְחָפְזִי /ʔaˈniː ʔɔːˈmaɾtiː bəχɔfˈziː/ ''anê ohmarrtih bkhofzê'' 'I said in my haste'.
 *qubbutz / shuruq = tense GOOSE /ü:/ in stressed or open syllables / lax FOOT /ɵ~ʊ̈/ in unstressed closed syllables. Usually transcribed ''u'' or ''ô''.