Geoffrey Khan In the Tiberian masoretic traditionthe ga ^ a sign is sometimes marked the s 9 wa orhataf signs , This is referred to by the terms gayat s 9 wa gaya ? The second of these terms is used in this paper . S 9 wa gaya is relatively rare in the twenty one books ( approximately 200 instances ) but is common in the three books Proverbs , Psalms ) . In nearly all cases the § 9 wa orhataf th-dt is marked ga ya occurs at the beginning of a word . According to the literature a s 9 wa with gaya was read with the length of a full vowel The treatise on the s 3 wa published by K . Levy ( pp . טי-כ ) , in a concerning the pronunciation of s 3 wa before gutturals : ףיפכתב גרכי אמנא לב ליקתתב יתרתפ הושב ץחמ ץמק לתמ ןמו . אטכ ךלד ןוכיפ םילעבה לוקי אלו םילעבה ךלוקכ םאת רמאת ומכ ןיגוזמ ןינתא קפתא אדא ךלדכו ףיפכתב ץמקלא ריג אדה ילע סיקא םיאצמנה ועמשיו ואצמיי ואךקיו לתמו העכךא ץמקב דיניח גרכיפ הלקתתפ היעג אושלא עמ קפתי ןא אלא 1 Cf . I . Yeivin , The Aleppo Codex of the Bible : A Study of Its Voc...
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