Kamatz
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kamatz-188-13623995
title:
Kamatz
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Kamatz or qamatz is a Hebrew niqqud (vowel) sign represented by two perpendicular lines ⟨ ָ ⟩ underneath a letter. In modern Hebrew, it usually indicates the phoneme which is the "a" sound in the word spa and is transliterated as a. In these cases, its sound is identical to the sound of pataḥ in modern Hebrew. In a minority of cases it indicates the phoneme, equal to the sound of ḥolam. In traditional Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation, qamatz is pronounced as the phoneme, which becomes in some co
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Hebrew niqqud vowel sign
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamatz
date created:
2007-07-08T03:24:52Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T13:03:41Z
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