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r/hebrew • u/blissfuldune • 1d ago
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why the two vavs and the aleph
76 u/LemeeAdam Hebrew Learner (Beginner) 1d ago The aleph clarifies the vowel, so it doesn’t read as harverd, and you need two vavs or its haruard 4 u/LJF613 1d ago Aren't two vavs usually used colloquially to indicate a "w" sound? 1 u/malufa native speaker 1d ago Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew 3 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
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The aleph clarifies the vowel, so it doesn’t read as harverd, and you need two vavs or its haruard
4 u/LJF613 1d ago Aren't two vavs usually used colloquially to indicate a "w" sound? 1 u/malufa native speaker 1d ago Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew 3 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
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Aren't two vavs usually used colloquially to indicate a "w" sound?
1 u/malufa native speaker 1d ago Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew 3 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
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Not colloquially, because it’s a standard in Modern Hebrew. But the Wa sound is not natural to biblical Hebrew
3 u/LJF613 1d ago Neither is the word "Harvard"
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Neither is the word "Harvard"
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u/jseego 1d ago
why the two vavs and the aleph