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Unfortunately, the two varieties of shwa are written identically, and pronounced identically in Modern Hebrew; as a result, there is no reliable way to distinguish the two varieties of qamatz when followed by a vowel marked with a shwa. (In some cases, Biblical texts are marked with a
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mark that helps to indicate which pronunciation is intended, but this usage is not consistent, and in any case such marks are absent in non-Biblical texts.) It should also be noted that there are examples of qamatz qaṭan appearing in open syllables, such as in the plural of
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Note: the glyph for QAMATS QATAN may appear empty or incorrect if one applies a font that cannot handle the glyph necessary to represent Unicode character U+05C7. Usually this Unicode character isn't used and is substituted with the similar looking QAMATS (U+05B8).
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The result is that in Modern Hebrew, the vowel written with qamatz might be pronounced as either or , depending on historical origin. It is often said that the two sounds can be distinguished by context:
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In the later dialects of the 1st millennium CE, phonemic vowel length disappeared, and instead was automatically determined by the context, with vowels pronounced long in
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and short in closed ones. However, the previous vowel phonemes merged in various ways that differed from dialect to dialect:
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on letters which require a shva according to the grammar, but where the traditional pronunciation is
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both merged into an in-between sound (similar to the vowel in English "caught" without the
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differently, although the way in which they do is not consistent. For example, in siddur
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to indicate the pronunciation; hence the nonstandard (also termed "excessive") spelling
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used in this table are only for demonstration, any letter can be used.
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Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Lexicon to the Old Testament Scriptures
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These vowel lengths are not manifested in Modern Hebrew. The short
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of the different qamatzes in reconstructed historical forms and
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The Hebrew of the late centuries BCE and early centuries of the
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the qamatz qatan is bolder. In the popular niqqud textbook
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became ; and this system underlies the pronunciation of
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Words which in their base form have a 515: 505:Qamatz Qaṭan, Qamatz Gadol, Ḥataf Qamatz 212: 149: 975:, although its usage is not required. 1082: 1072: 1062: 1052: 1042: 1032: 1002: 912: 898: 828: 811: 798: 765: 725: 369: 7: 62:adding citations to reliable sources 1467:) in Israeli writing, written as a 995: 762: 718: 376: 362: 1478:, for the sake of disambiguation. 25: 1095:The following table contains the 1091:Pronunciation and transliteration 893:in vowel-less spelling: the noun 669:), which was indicated by qamatz. 1487:) the vowel is made very short. 1452:) is usually promoted to a long 34: 1109:International Phonetic Alphabet 749:The qamatz sound of , known as 705:The qamatz sound of , known as 1037:, "pines", the plural form of 842:Academy of the Hebrew Language 1: 1481:By adding two vertical dots ( 1442:. Because of this, the short 1057:, "roots", another plural of 510:Qamatz Qaṭan vs. Qamatz Gadol 1584: 1529: 1496: 629:the written system of vowels 1638: 1627: 1458: 1448: 1424: 985: 926: 885: 878: 752: 737: 708: 650: 638: 474: 452: 422:, it usually indicates the 381: 198: 2539: 1790:Transliteration to English 840:rules as published by the 836:According to the standard 823:is the Modern Hebrew word 396:) sign represented by two 1705: 1689: 1673: 1615: 1612: 1603: 1598: 1592: 1586: 1560: 1557: 1548: 1543: 1537: 1531: 1512: 1507: 1502: 1497: 1492: 1473: 1368: 1365: 1360: 1316: 1313: 1308: 1264: 1261: 1256: 1252: 1208: 1205: 1200: 1182: 1177: 1172: 1167: 1162: 1157: 1150: 1147: 1144: 1141: 1131: 1120: 1078: 1077:, "birds", the plural of 1068: 1058: 1048: 1038: 1028: 973:HEBREW POINT QAMATS QATAN 918: 908: 904: 894: 889:in declension retain the 868: 862: 853: 849: 824: 805: 792: 774:(originally pronounced ). 572: 559: 557: 545: 411: 249: 241: 222: 214: 207: 150: 142: 2473:Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar 903:, "freedom") is spelled 471:, equal to the sound of 418:underneath a letter. In 232:. The only vowel (under 27:Hebrew niqqud vowel sign 1493:Vowel comparison table 1414:Vowel length comparison 1004:[χaˈtafkaˈmats] 962:defines the code point 950:Niqqud halakha le-maase 767:[kaˈmatsɡaˈdol] 734:(zero vowel) or with a 727:[kaˈmatskaˈtan] 674:Babylonian vocalization 600:had a system with five 400:lines (looking like an 647:became (indicated by 635:became (indicated by 608:and five short vowels 183:English approximation 924:Some books print the 917:, "free") is spelled 224:The word for fish in 2494:Strong's Concordance 1785:Ancient inscriptions 813:[ʃo.ʁa.ˈʃim] 437:" sound in the word 58:improve this article 2487:Brown–Driver–Briggs 1074:[tsipoˈʁim] 528:Babylonian phoneme 412: ָ  2336:Law of attenuation 1846:Reading traditions 1054:[ʃoʁaˈʃim] 819:An example of the 627:, which underlies 2510: 2509: 2366:Verbal morphology 2305: 2304: 1823: 1719: 1718: 1651: 1650: 1411: 1410: 1084:[tsiˈpoʁ] 1034:[oʁaˈnim] 936:Siddur Sim Shalom 830:[toχˈnit] 800:[ˈʃo.ʁɛʃ] 684:becoming , while 667:cot-caught merger 594: 593: 522:Tiberian phoneme 481:. In traditional 371:[kaˈmats] 348: 347: 289: Kamatz  138: 137: 130: 112: 16:(Redirected from 2530: 2456:Unicode and HTML 1922: 1910: 1902: 1894: 1875: 1820:northern dialect 1817: 1749: 1742: 1735: 1726: 1707: 1691: 1675: 1658: 1654:Unicode encoding 1641: 1632: 1610: 1600: 1594: 1588: 1555: 1545: 1539: 1533: 1490: 1477: 1475: 1466: 1451: 1438:) have the same 1429: 1362: 1310: 1258: 1254: 1202: 1139: 1135: 1133: 1124: 1122: 1086: 1080: 1076: 1070: 1066: 1064:[ˈʃoʁeʃ] 1060: 1056: 1050: 1046: 1040: 1036: 1030: 1026: 1014: 1006: 1001: 997: 988: 974: 971: 968: 966: 946:Breslov hassidim 929: 920: 916: 914:[χofˈʃi] 910: 906: 902: 900:[ˈχofeʃ] 896: 888: 883:that changes to 881: 870: 866: 864: 855: 851: 832: 826: 815: 807: 802: 794: 769: 764: 755: 746:, i.e. doubled); 740: 729: 724: 720: 711: 691: 687: 683: 679: 664: 660: 655: 646: 641: 634: 611: 607: 582: 570: 555: 538: 519:Biblical Hebrew 516: 500: 493:, which becomes 492: 483:Ashkenazi Hebrew 479: 470: 457: 432: 417: 413: 384: 379: 378: 374:; alternatively 373: 368: 364: 218: 216: 203: 168: 152: 140: 133: 126: 122: 119: 113: 111: 70: 38: 30: 21: 2538: 2537: 2533: 2532: 2531: 2529: 2528: 2527: 2513: 2512: 2511: 2506: 2465:Reference works 2460: 2395: 2391:Vav-consecutive 2340: 2319:Biblical Hebrew 2301: 2248: 2233:Mater lectionis 2205: 2105: 1982: 1936: 1913: 1908: 1900: 1892: 1871: 1841: 1803: 1758: 1756:Hebrew language 1753: 1709: 1693: 1677: 1656: 1514: 1509:Transliteration 1476:‎⟩ 1471: 1416: 1369:Reduced Qamatz 1134:‎⟩ 1129: 1123:‎⟩ 1118: 1101:transliteration 1093: 1044:[ˈoʁen] 999: 981: 972: 969: 964: 963: 865:‎⟩ 860: 838:Hebrew spelling 722: 625:Tiberian Hebrew 525:Tiberian vowel 512: 507: 415: 408: 366: 237: 213: 174:Transliteration 134: 123: 117: 114: 71: 69: 55: 39: 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 2536: 2534: 2526: 2525: 2515: 2514: 2508: 2507: 2505: 2504: 2497: 2490: 2483: 2476: 2468: 2466: 2462: 2461: 2459: 2458: 2453: 2448: 2443: 2440:modern Israeli 2429: 2424: 2419: 2414: 2409: 2403: 2401: 2397: 2396: 2394: 2393: 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1701: 1700: 1697: 1694: 1688: 1685: 1684: 1681: 1678: 1672: 1669: 1668: 1665: 1662: 1655: 1652: 1649: 1648: 1646:Reduced qamatz 1643: 1634: 1622: 1621: 1614: 1611: 1602: 1596: 1590: 1583: 1582: 1577: 1572: 1566: 1565: 1559: 1556: 1547: 1541: 1535: 1528: 1527: 1524: 1521: 1517: 1516: 1515:approximation 1511: 1506: 1501: 1495: 1494: 1415: 1412: 1409: 1408: 1405: 1402: 1399: 1396: 1393: 1390: 1386: 1385: 1383: 1380: 1378: 1376: 1374: 1372: 1370: 1367: 1364: 1357: 1356: 1353: 1350: 1347: 1344: 1341: 1338: 1334: 1333: 1331: 1328: 1326: 1324: 1322: 1320: 1318: 1317:Little Qamatz 1315: 1312: 1305: 1304: 1301: 1298: 1295: 1292: 1289: 1286: 1282: 1281: 1279: 1276: 1274: 1272: 1270: 1268: 1266: 1263: 1260: 1249: 1248: 1245: 1242: 1239: 1236: 1233: 1230: 1226: 1225: 1223: 1220: 1218: 1216: 1214: 1212: 1210: 1207: 1204: 1197: 1196: 1191: 1185: 1184: 1183:Reconstructed 1181: 1176: 1171: 1166: 1161: 1155: 1154: 1149: 1146: 1143: 1092: 1089: 980: 977: 833:, "program"). 776: 775: 747: 698: 697: 670: 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