1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/heblang March 2000
2 56 45_More on Shva Na vs Nax in consecutive LEtters14_Russell Hendel22_rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu37_Sun, 19 Mar 2000 20:34:05 -0500 (EST)473_- `r hl316b Yehezkel writes >>>>>>> >From a different perspective, compare -- for example -- yitdot (Ex 27, 19). Sh'va nax -- but not easy to pronounce (especially if you are reading in a synagogue with bad acoustics...). Would this sh'va evolve then to na? And then, what about the Yekkes who easily say yisdos, or Yemenites who say yithdoth -- should they say a much less comfortable na because of the others?? If you can say yitdot, then why not rivvot? >>>>>>>>>> [...]