• Kamatz or qamatz (Modern Hebrew: קָמָץ, IPA: [kaˈmats]; alternatively קָמֶץ qāmeṣ) is a Hebrew niqqud (vowel) sign represented by two perpendicular lines...
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  • Ashkenazi, Yemenite, and Tiberian Hebrew. The differentiation between kamatz gadol and kamatz katan is made according to purely phonetic rules, without regard...
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  • Suffix Meaning Examples ָ ה‎   (Kamatz and He) feminine singular סוּסָה‎ susa (mare) סוּסָה טוֹבָה‎ susa tova (good mare) ִ ים‎   (Chirik, Yud and Final...
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  • "Reduced Segol"). The reduced (or ħataf) niqqud exist for segol, patah, and kamatz which contain a shva next to it. The following table contains the pronunciation...
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  • almost universally rabbi Obadiah ben Abraham of Bartenura. When using a kamatz, the term can refer to, among others: Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik: Among Centrist...
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  • consonant [e̞] e men Patach vowel written below consonant [ä] a father Kamatz vowel written below consonant [ä], (or [o̞]) ah, (or oh) father, loɡin Holam...
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  • cantillation in blue Niqqud articles Shva · Hiriq · Zeire · Segol · Patach · Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Shuruk · Kubutz · Rafe · Sin/Shin dot...
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    Dictionary respells תָּכְנִית‎ as ⟨תּוֹכְנִית‎⟩ because the word uses the kamatz katan. For example, Sergey Ozhegov's dictionary adds [нэ́] in brackets to...
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  • Examples IPA IPA after trans. a סָ‎ (letter with kamatz), (letter with patah), אַ/אָ‎ (Alef with kamatz or patach) (Not part of ordinary Hebrew spelling...
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    prominent difference is kamatz gadol in closed syllables being pronounced same as patah in Yiddish but the same as any other kamatz in Ashkenazi Hebrew....
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