How or why words are pronounced in certain ways.
Questions tagged [pronunciation]
231 questions
14
votes
2 answers
What does it mean to pronounce לו as opposed to לא
Maseches Sofrim 6:5 [4] says that there are 3 places where the word is written as לא but read as לו. This seems to mean that there is a difference in how the word would be pronounced if it were לא as opposed to לו.
I am unfamiliar with any…
Y e z
- 58,536
- 3
- 109
- 249
3
votes
1 answer
How is וּמֵיהוה pronounced
This might be a stupid question, but I want to confirm וּמֵיהוה is pronounced u-may-adoni. The reason I ask is לַייָ is kind of blended to be la-donoi (the English letters might be a bit off but hopefully people understand what I mean).
Asher Klein
- 111
- 3
2
votes
1 answer
How to pronounce ראב"ד
I know this seems like a funny question, but it has always bothered me. What is the proper way to pronounce ראב"ד ? From a simple reading it would seem Ravaad makes the most sense ,but in the yeshiva world he is called the Ryevid (hard to convey the…
sam
- 41,686
- 4
- 80
- 141
2
votes
1 answer
How should the phrase דיו לבא מין בדין להיות כנדון be pronounced?
The Talmudic rule of Dayo is used in Kal VaChomer (a fortiori) arguments to limit the 'Chomer' to the same measure as the 'kal'. For example, Mishnayot Bava Kama 2:5:
שור המזיק ברשות הנזק כיצד, נגח... ברשות הרבים, משלם חצי נזק.
ברשות הנזק, רבי…
user9907
2
votes
2 answers
What is the difference in pronunciation between ח and the guttural כ
What is the difference in pronunciation between ח (khet) and the guttural כ (khaf)? And when do you know which one to use in a word?
Hadassah
- 21
- 1
2
votes
1 answer
Pronunciation Question
Recently, I was talking to someone about how to properly pronounce a yod that follows a patach when it is not at the end of a word. For example, we know that words like חַי are pronounced as chai with the yod making an ie sound like “pie” but what…
Asher Klein
- 111
- 3
2
votes
0 answers
What is the proper way to pronounce אלוה?
I remember reading something by Rabbi Phil Chernofsky in a recent Torah Tidbits in which he stated it should be pronounced “e-LO-wah”. On Mi Yodeya, I’ve read that that’s a Sephardic pronunciation, and that the Ashkenazic pronunciation is “e-LO-ah”.…
BenBlogBlog
- 115
- 1
- 5
1
vote
0 answers
How to pronounce נעמי?
Is it Naomi or Naami?
Wikipedia says
"Standard Hebrew Noʻomi, Tiberian Hebrew nåʿå̆mī"
Yishaq
- 1,215
- 6
- 13
1
vote
0 answers
וִירוּשָׁלָֽ ִם in Siddur Avodat Halev?
Recently, I switched to Siddur Avodat Halev and noticed a different spelling of וִירוּשָׁלָֽיִם in places like יְהִי רַצוֹן at the end of the amidah. There they spell it וִירוּשָׁלָֽ ִם without the yod. Admittedly, I learned Hebrew later in life, but I…
Asher Klein
- 111
- 3
1
vote
1 answer
Kamatz with yod in פָּנָיו?
In the Aaronic blessings, should פָּנָיו be pronounced as PANAIW or PANAW? The yod can't be redundant right?
he wei
- 13
- 4