Vowel Length Comparison
By adding two vertical dots (shva) the vowel is made very short. However, these vowels lengths are not manifested in Modern Hebrew.
| Vowel comparison table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowel Length | IPA | Transliteration | English approximation |
||
| Long | Short | Very Short | |||
| ָ | ַ | ֲ | a | spa | |
| Qamatz | Pataḥ | Reduced pataḥ | |||
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