Ch 4 - Hebrew Nouns

Question 1

First rule of Shewa

Answer 1

When two side-by-side Shewas occur at the beginning of a sentence, the first Vocal Shewa becomes Hireq and the second Vocal Shewa becomes silent.

Question 2

Second rule of Shewa

Answer 2

A Vocal Shewa cannot precede a guttural with a reduced vowel. The Vocal Shewa takes the correspond short vowel of the reduced vowel.

Question 3

Compensatory lengthening

Answer 3

Because the initial gutturals ר, ע, א reject the Daghesh Forte, the Pathach vowel of the definite article lengthens to a Qamets.

Question 4

Virtual doubling

Answer 4

When the first consonant is a ה or ח, the rejection of the Daghesh Forte results in virtual doubling. Virtual doubling is the rejection of the Daghesh Forte without the lengthening of the Pathach vowel.

Question 5

Bump rule

Answer 5

The conjunction ְו is spelled with a Shureq before the consonants מ, ב, פ