Ιακοβ Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I now have the Hebrew audio module, yay! Im looking forward to learning to listen and speak what I am reading. Apart from the really annoying echo it seems great so far. The very first verse I randomly pulled up to test it, Ezekiel 3:1 appears to have odd pronunciation. I want to work out if this is odd due to the rules of pronunciation being different to what I have taught, or if it is a mistake. In Ezekiel 3:1 אֲשֶׁר is pronounced with an L sound at the end instead of an R, in contrast, דַּבֵּ֖ר is pronounced with an R sound at the end as I would have expected. Can someone help me understand this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 I hear an R at the end of both words. I think you just need to get used to the voice, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ιακοβ Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 i know R is pronounced stronger in the US. To an Australian ear it's a perfect r. So it's not clear to me now if the pronunciation is correct from a Hebrew perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ιακοβ Posted August 8, 2017 Author Share Posted August 8, 2017 That was me typing on the train this morning. Now that I am back on my computer, just to be clear. It really does sound like an R to me. This makes me wonder if it is a mistake, or there is a concept of a 'modern Hebrew accent' which complicates how we read things out loud. Should I hear this lack of r/l distinction as an americanism, or a hebrewism, or just a mistake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houthakker Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 Perhaps you were originally expecting an Anglo-Saxon R/L contrast ? There's a clear and audible Hebrew R/L contrast in that recording – I'm sure you have found your way to tuning into it by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houthakker Posted October 16, 2021 Share Posted October 16, 2021 For listening practice – there's a compact nesting of a Hebrew R sound between two nearby Hebrew L sounds in the final clause of Gen. 12-20 (E: 'and all that he possessed') וְאֶת־כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־לֽוֹ ve'et kol asher lo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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