Ingo Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Gen 1:2 הָיְתָ֥ה Transliteration Accordance "Copy As Transliteration" produces: hāyṯâ = silent shewa under yod But isn't the shewa under the yod a vocal shewa, after a long vowel? Transliteration would then be: hāyᵉṯâ Incidentally, the Audio file with the native reader sounds like a silent shewa reading. FWIW, biblehub.com has hā·yə·ṯāh, qbible.com has häy'täh Which one is correct? תודה Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michel Gilbert Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 It’s vocal. The ת without a dagesh shows that a vocal shewa precedes. The unaccented open syllable הָ is ה with a קָ֣מֶץ, (a-class, long; not a קָ֣מֶץ־חָ֣טוּף ), which also shows the following shewa is vocal.. Besides, its a 3FS qatal. But the debate is whether הָיְ is one syllable or two, that is, is consonant plus vocal shewa a syllable, half-syllable, or not a syllable? So, some pronounce הָיְ as one syllable, others don’t. There are also different transliteration systems: “An author may adopt one of two systems: (1) a fully reversible academic style that allows the reader to reproduce the Hebrew characters exactly (consonants and vowels); or (2) an essentially phonetic general-purpose style” (SBL Press, The SBL Handbook of Style, 2nd ed. (Atlanta, GA: SBL Press, 2014), 56. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 Is there a bug I need to look at reporting here, or is everything OK? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingo Posted February 23, 2023 Author Share Posted February 23, 2023 @Nathan: Not well-versed enough in Hebrew or Accordance to make that call. Depends on whether Accordance follows SBL transliteration philosophy 1) fully reversible, which would require indication of vocal shewa, or 2) phonetic - the two options as indicated by Michel G above. Minor detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Nathan Parker Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Great. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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