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Achieving the right balance of amount of information, style of presentation, and depth of instruction in first-year grammars is no easy task. But Mark Futato has produced a grammar that, after years of testing in a number of institutions, will please many, with its concise, clear, and well-thought-out presentation of Biblical Hebrew. Because the teaching of biblical languages is in decline in...

➤ One basic rule: “short and silent.” If a short vowel comes before the consonant under which there is a sheva, the sheva is silent. בָּר מִדְ מִדְבָּר ← טִיל יַקְ יַקְטִיל ← ➤ Various applications: If a sheva is under the first consonant of a word, the sheva is vocal. (This sheva is not preceded by a short vowel.) רִים בָ דְּ דְּבָרִים ← If there are two shevas in a row, the first is silent and the second is vocal. (The first is preceded by a short vowel and is silent, the second is not and is
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