shewa sounds like a syllable, it will be easier to treat vocal shewa as occurring in its own syllable. Moreover, a vocal shewa often reflects a historic syllable in which a historic vowel has been lost. Treating the vocal shewa as standing in its own syllable will thus prepare you for anticipating the vowel changes we will discuss in the next chapter. The final syllabification of יֵלְכוּ is כוּ | לְ | יֵ. Right now you have a basic understanding of nearly
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