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Pronunciations of Hebrew

While modern spoken Israeli Hebrew has a more or less consistent standard of pronunciation, there are a lot of radically different ways the same Hebrew words can be pronounced in religious or historical contexts in different communities. This text is about Ashkenazi Hebrew, one of the most historically important variants of the language.

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WordRootPart of speechMeaning
לִשְׁפּוֹת
lishpot		שׁ - פ - תVerb – pa'alto set (a pot on fire)
לְהִשְׁתַּפֵּל
lehishtapel		שׁ - פ - לVerb – hitpa'elto sink, to decline, to slope downward
מְבוּאָס
mevu'as		ב - א - סAdjective – mekuttal patterndepressed, despondent (slang)
עַיִט
ayit		ע - י - טNoun – ketel pattern, masculineeagle
נָמֵר
namer		נ - מ - רNoun – katel pattern, masculineleopard

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