: Chapter six is the heart of the grammar—with every chapter flowing into or out of chapter six. We have now come to the Hebrew Sinai—master these laws and you can master Hebrew. 1. Qameṣ in Biblical Hebrew was a Pataḥ in Proto-Hebrew1—דָּבָר « *דַּבַר. 2. Vocal shewa (□ְ, □ֲ, □ֱ, □ֳ) in Biblical Hebrew was a short vowel (frequently Pataḥ) in Proto-Hebrew—דְּבַר
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