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Aramaic Vowels. For those who have learned or are learning Hebrew, a few points: Aramaic has the same vowels, but words shared by Hebrew and Aramaic are often pointed differently in Aramaic . We’ll hit the explanations for this later.
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Aramaic Vowels • For those who have learned or are learning Hebrew, a few points: • Aramaic has the same vowels, but words shared by Hebrew and Aramaic are often pointed differently in Aramaic. We’ll hit the explanations for this later. • Aramaic has the same compound shewas as Hebrew, but the compound shewas can go under other letters besides gutturals in Aramaic (Hebrew uses them only under gutturals).
Vowel name: qamets ָsound: a as in fathertransliteration: ā
Vowel name: patach ַsound: a as in “cat” transliteration: a
Vowel name: chatef-patach ֲsound: a as in “cat” alsobasically indistinguishable from patach transliteration: ă (superscripted)
Vowel name: segholֶsound: e as in “bet” transliteration: e
Vowel name: tsere ֵsound: ey as in “grey” transliteration: ē
Vowel name: chatef-segholֱsound: e as in “bet”basically indistinguishable from segholtransliteration: ĕ (superscripted)
Vowel name: chireq ִsound: i as in “hit” transliteration: i
Vowel name: chireq-yodh ִיsound: long i (“ee”) as in “machine” transliteration: ı̂
Vowel name: cholem sound: o as in “hole” transliteration: ō
Vowel name: cholem-wawsound: o as in “hole” transliteration: ô
Vowel name: qibbuts ֻsound: u as in “hut” transliteration: u
Vowel name: shureqsound: long u as in “mule” transliteration: û
Vowel name: qamets-chatufָsound: o as in “odd”same sign as qamets (a) transliteration: o
Vowel name: chatef-qamets ֳsound: o as in “odd”indistinguishable from qamets-chatuf transliteration: ŏ (superscripted)
VOWEL CHART From Mark Futato, Beginning Hebrew
