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Is there a glottal stop when pronouncing ?וְלָראוּבֵנִי [duplicate]
In the word וְלָראוּבֵנִי (Devarim 3:16):
Is the Aleph totally silent, or does it go with the vowel to produce a glottal stop after the Reish?
Rabbi Jeremy Wieder's recording doesn't seem to do a ...
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Re-articulate a sound repeated after a maqaf?
When the same sound is called for on both sides of a maqaf, does this call for a single, prolonged version of that sound, or a second articulation of that sound? E.g. אֶל־לִבּֽוֹ׃ in Gen 6:6.
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Were our symbols for trope and nekudos created by the Masoretes, or transmitted by them?
It is commonly said in secular sources that the shapes of the trope and nekudos we use today were invented by the Masoretes (7th to 11th Century CE), but I cannot find any source in our mesorah to ...
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