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There are 15 Hebrew vowels, representing 5 different sounds. The reason for this is that at one time in history, Hebrew had 15 different vowel sounds:
- kamatz (קמץ)
- kamatz katan (קמץ קטן)
- khataf kamatz (חתף קמץ)
- patakh (פתח)
- khataf patakh (חתף פתח)
- segol (סגול)
- khataf segol (חתף סגול)
- tsereh (צרה)
- khirik (חיריק)
- khirik maleh (חיריק מלא)
- kholam (חולם)
- kholam khaser (חולם חסר)
- kubutz (קובוץ)
- shuruk (שורוק)
- shva (שוא)
Notes:
Technically, there are 2 shva vowels: shva na and shva nakh. They are written with the same symbol.
There was also a vowel called khataf khirik, but it is extinct
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 10y agoAll languages have vowels, including Hebrew, but not all languages include vowels in their writing. Hebrew Originally had no written vowels at all. The Alphabet consisted of 22 consonants and nothing else.
In the 10th Century, a system of dots and dashes was developed to indicate the vowel sounds of a word, without changing anything else about the word. These vowels were only used sparingly though. At first, they were only used in prayer books and printed copies of the Torah.
Today, these same vowels are still used, but only in Jewish religious books, poetry books, and childrens books. Most Hebrew newspapers and books do not include vowels.
Answer:
Hebrew has always had vowels; this is clear from many Talmudic passages of 2,000 years ago. However, the vowels may have been pronounced without being written. Note also that the Masoretes (who codified the vowel-symbols) began about 450 years before the tenth century.
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∙ 12y agoThere are 15 Hebrew vowels, representing 5 different sounds. The reason for this is that at one time in history, Hebrew had 15 different vowel sounds:
- kamatz (קמץ)
- kamatz katan (קמץ קטן)
- khataf kamatz (חתף קמץ)
- patakh (פתח)
- khataf patakh (חתף פתח)
- segol (סגול)
- khataf segol (חתף סגול)
- tsereh (צרה)
- khirik (חיריק)
- khirik maleh (חיריק מלא)
- kholam (חולם)
- kholam khaser (חולם חסר)
- kubutz (קובוץ)
- shuruk (שורוק)
- shva (שוא)
Notes:
Technically, there are 2 shva vowels: shva na and shva nakh
There is also a vowel called khataf khirik, but it is extinct
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∙ 13y agoBecause when the vowels were created 1000 years ago, those vowels all had different sounds.
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