Furtive Patah

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Posted by: avi
         

Interestingly, I noticed today a use of the shifted furtive patah outside the realm of Biblical texts. The 16th century grammarian Shabbetai Sofer compiled an edition of the Jewish liturgy, containing corrections regarding grammatical errors which had fallen into the text; and, he took the opportunity to add in symbols to enforce proper reading of the liturgical text. These latter symbols included Rafe marks on top of letters without a dagesh kal; metegim to indicate proper accentuation; and, finally, it included the shifting over of the furtive patah to correct what he claims was rampant mispronunciation.  The siddur was recently reprinted as a modern edition (Baltimore, 1987, ed. R. Yitchaz Setz), and the publisher duly replicated all of these items, including the shift in the furtive patah.

 

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Posted by: Aaron0327
         

Regarding the connection between the shifted
position of the patach and rampant mispronunciation --  I'm not sure that
they're really all that connected (meaning, for example, many speakers of
modern Hebrew will continue to pronounce the masculine adjectival form
gavoha instead of the correct gavoah, and in so doing confuse
the masculine and feminine forms), but shifting the patach will certainly be
advantageous in teaching correct pronunciation.

Aaron

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From: avi Interestingly, I noticed today a use of the shifted furtive                 patah outside the realm of Biblical texts. The 16th century                 grammarian Shabbetai Sofer compiled an edition of the Jewish                 liturgy, containing corrections regarding grammatical errors                 which had fallen into the text; and, he took the opportunity to                 add in symbols to enforce proper reading of the liturgical text.                 These latter symbols included Rafe marks on top of                 letters without a dagesh kal; metegim to                 indicate proper accentuation; and, finally, it included the                 shifting over of the furtive patah to correct what he claims was                 rampant mispronunciation.  The siddur was recently                 reprinted as a modern edition (Baltimore, 1987, ed. R. Yitchaz                 Setz), and the publisher duly replicated all of these items,                 including the shift in the furtive patah.   - Avi

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Posted by: twuandy
         
In Ochla w'Ochla edition s. Frensdorff, 1864 repr. KTAV, NY 1972 on page 52
#44 is the Masora Magna: 11 pairs of words - once mappik he and once not
mappiq he, each pair is a hapax legomenon.  At the bottom is a twelfth pair
labelled "and one levad memsorta", which I don't really understand.  The
pair there is Prov 9:2/ Psalms 44:23.  The other pairs are Prov 31:10/ Gen
25:31; Lev 13:20 and 4; Lev 18:23 and 20:16; Zeph 3:7/ Deut 33:27; Gen
40:10/ Isa 18:5, Isa 23:18 and 23:17; Nah 2:14/ Ez 27:20; Zach 9:4/ Psalms
48:14; Isa 28:4/ Hos 9:10; Prov 5:3/ Job 32:4; Job 28:13 and 33:5.
Andy

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