The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew, Volume 2.
- 2nd ed.
- 1 online resource (368 pages)
- Semitic Languages and Cultures Ser. ; v.1 .
Intro -- Contents -- II. Introduction -- II.Int.0.1. Preliminary Remarks -- II.Int.0.2. The Long Version -- II.Int.0.3. The Short Version -- II.Int.0.4. The Manuscript Corpus -- II.Int.0.5. The Edition and Translation of the Texts -- II.Int.0.6. Terminology -- II.Int.0.6.1. Arabic Terms -- II.Int.0.6.2. Hebrew and Aramaic Terms -- Hidāyat Al-Qāri� (Long Version) -- II.L.0.0. Introduction -- II.l.1.0. The First Discourse: On the Letters -- II.L.1.1. Preliminary Discussion concerning the Nature of Letters -- II.L.1.2. Section concerning the Inventory of Letters -- II.L.1.3. Chapter concerning the Place of Articulation of the Letters -- II.L.1.4. Section concerning some General Issues relating to Letters -- II.L.1.5. Chapter on the Interchange of Letters -- II.L.1.6. Chapter concerning the Influence of the Four Letters �alef, vav, yod and he on the Six Letters (2�a(B(2�b(B(2�c(B(2�k(B(2�t(B(2�z(B -- II.L.1.7. Section on Deviations from the General Rule -- II.L.1.8. Section on Further General Issues Relating to (2�`(B(2�e(B(2�i(B(2�d(B -- II.L.1.9. Chapter concerning Letters that Occur in Three Grades -- II.L.1.10. Conjugations -- II.L.1.11. Chapter concerning the Occurrence of Letters for the Sake of Enhancement -- II.L.1.12. Section (more on Enhancement) -- II.L.1.13. Chapter on Contraction -- II.L.2.0. The Second Discourse -- II.L.2.1. Preliminary Remarks on Vowels -- II.L.2.2. Chapter concerning the Number of the Vowels and those of them that are 'High', those of them that are 'Level' and those of them that are 'Low', and what is Connected to this -- II.L.2.3. Section concerning what Corresponds to (Arabic) Inflectional Vowels -- II.L.2.4. Section on the Correspondence (of Hebrew Vowels) to Arabic Inflectional Vowels -- II.L.2.5. Section on Rafʿ -- II.L.2.6. Section on the Second Rafʿ -- II.L.2.7. Section on Naṣb -- II.L.2.8. Section on Khafḍ. II.L.2.9. Section (Preliminary Remarks on the Shewa) -- II.L.2.10. Section concerning the Shewa -- II.L.2.11. Section on the Nature of Mobile Shewa -- II.L.2.12. Chapter concerning the Mobile Shewa and what is Related to this -- II.L.2.12.1. The First Subsection -- II.L.2.12.2. The Second Subsection -- II.L.2.12.3. The Third Subsection -- II.L.2.12.4. The Fourth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.5. The Fifth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.6. The Sixth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.7. The Seventh Subsection -- II.L.2.12.8. The Eighth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.9. The Ninth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.10. The Tenth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.11. The Eleventh Subsection -- II.L.2.12.12. The Twelfth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.13. The Thirteenth Subsection -- II.L.2.12.14. The Fourteenth Subsection -- II.L.2.13. Section concerning Uncertainty regarding the Reading of the Shewa -- II.L.2.14. Section on the Names of the Vowels -- II.L.2.15. Section on their Place of Articulation -- II.L.2.16. Section concerning Combinations of them (i.e. the Vowels) to Form Basic Nouns and Combinations of them to Form Abstractions -- II.L.2.17. Chapter concerning the Descending of the Vowels from One to the Other according to the Order of their Places of Articulation -- II.L.2.18. On the Origin of the Vowels -- II.l.3.0. The Third Discourse: On the Accents (Selected Passages) -- II.L.3.1. On the Gaʿya -- II.L.3.2. Chapter concerning Cases whose Rule is not at all Dependent on an Accent and Cases whose Rule is Dependent on an Unspecified Accent -- Hidāyat Al-Qāri� (Short Version) -- II.S.0.0. Introduction -- II.S.1.0. Section Concerning the Place of Articulation of the Letters -- II.S.2.0. Section Concerning (2�`(B(2�e(B(2�i(B(2�d(B and (2�a(B(2�b(B(2�c(B(2�k(B(2�t(B(2�z(B -- II.S.3.0. Tav -- II.S.4.0. Section Concerning the Vowels -- II.S.5.0. Section Concerning the Shewa -- II.S.6.0. Mobile Shewa -- II.S.6.1. The First Subsection. II.S.6.2. The Second Subsection -- II.S.6.3. The Third Subsection -- II.S.6.4. The Fourth Subsection -- II.S.6.5. The Fifth Subsection -- II.S.6.6. The Sixth Subsection -- II.S.6.7. The Seventh Subsection -- II.S.6.8. The Eighth Subsection -- II.S.6.9. The Ninth Subsection -- II.S.6.10. The Tenth Subsection -- II.S.6.11. The Eleventh Subsection -- II.S.6.12. The Twelfth Subsection -- II.S.6.13. The Thirteenth Subsection -- II.S.6.14. The Fourteenth Subsection -- II.S.7.0. Section on the Names of the Vowels and Their Place of Articulation -- II.S.8.0. Discussion Concerning Their Place Of Articulation -- II.S.9.0. Section Concerning the Gaʿya -- Commentary on Hidāyat Al-Qāri� -- Long Version -- Short Version -- References and Abbreviations -- Abbreviations -- References -- Indexes.
This book presents the current state of knowledge of the Tiberian pronunciation tradition of Biblical Hebrew and a full edition of one of the key medieval sources, Hidāyat al-Qāri� 'The Guide for the Reader', by �Abū al-Faraj Hārūn. There is also an accompanying oral performance of samples of the reconstructed pronunciation by Alex Foreman.