Hebrew also makes use of the silent sheva, written exactly like the simple vocal sheva (ְ), but serving an entirely different purpose. A vocal sheva, whether simple or compound, will only stand beneath a consonant that begins a syllable. The silent sheva, on the other hand, only stands beneath a consonant that ends a syllable. The silent sheva, therefore, may also be referred to as a syllable divider. Syllable division will be treated in §§4.18–22. Whenever two shevas stand under adjacent consonants