Chapter 3- Rules & Exceptions

Question 1

Tonic syllable

Answer 1

accented syllable

Question 2

Pretonic syllable

Answer 2

syallble before the tonic syallable

Question 3

Propretonic syllable

Answer 3

syallable before the pretonic syallable

Question 4

Rules of Daghesh symbol in syllabification

Answer 4

1. Daghesh Lene does not affect syllabification
2. Daghesh is a Forte if preceeded by a vowel
3. Daghesh is a Lene if preceeded by a consonant
4. If the previous word ends with a vowel a begadkephat letter Daghesh is a Forte otherwise it is a Lene at the beginning of a word

Question 5

Rules of Shewa

Answer 5

1. Silent if previous vowel is short
2. Vocal if not preceeded by a short vowel
   initial Shewa is always vocal
   Shewa under a Daghesh Forte is vocal
   vocal after an unaccented long vowel
3. Will always occur in an open syllable
4. Gutturals (except Resh) cannot take Vocal Shewa

Question 6

Metheg

Question 7

Furtive Pathach

Question 8

Quiescent Alef

Question 9

Hebrew Diphthong

Question 10

Short Vowel Preferences

Answer 10

closed, unaccented syllable
open accentd syllable

Question 11

Long Vowel Perferences

Answer 11

closed accented syllables
open pretonic syllables

Question 12

Vocal Shewa and Reduced Vowel Preferences

Answer 12

open, propretonic syallables

Question 13

Guttural Rules

Answer 13

1. Cannot take a Daghesh Forte
2. Cannot (excluding Resh) take a Vocal Shewa and prefer Hateph Vowels
3. Prefer a-class vowels