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- If one argues that the dalet of 'Mordecai' has hatef qames, tell him, 'but this sign is only a device used by some scribes to warn that the consonants should be pronounced fully, and not slurred over'. (en)
- The names of the vowels are mostly taken from the form and action of the mouth in producing the various sounds, as opening; a wide parting , also breaking, parting ; narrow opening; closing, according to others fullness, i.e. of the mouth . also denotes a slighter, as and a firmer, compression or contraction of the mouth. Sĕgôl takes its name from its form. So is another name for Qibbûṣ. (en)
- Moreover the names were mostly so formed , that the sound of each vowel is heard in the first syllable ; in order to carry this out consistently some even write Sägôl, Qomeṣ-ḥatûf, Qübbûṣ. (en)
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