in Hebrew a shewa will be either silent or vocal depending on where it occurs in a word and the type of vowel (short or long) it follows. Furthermore, when vocal, the shewa is pronounced as a short, reduced vowel. Morphology deals with the way that word units are structured and patterned.8 Many words can be analyzed in terms of their various components, called morphemes, that have a specific grammatical function. Likewise, Hebrew and Aramaic use different morphemes to mark key features of nouns and