The ARTICLE

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The ARTICLE

• RULE 1

Attached inseparably, with pathach followed by
doubling dagesh.
ih'
l,m,è
ih'
l/q
ih'
!/y
ih'
!ve
i h'
hlyÒl'è
h'
tyrIB
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• RULE 2

Attached inseparably to a weak guttural, with
qamets and no dagesh.
h
ryi
varo
h
h
lh,aoè
h
h
brlt,è
h
j'Wr
!da
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• RULE 3

Attached inseparably to a strong guttural, with
pathach and no dagesh.
h'
h'
h'
lkyhe
lb,h,è
v,jè
h'
aWh
h'
h'
yTiji
ds,j,è
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• RULE 4

Attached inseparably to an unaccented h or
and always j, with seghol and no dagesh.
h,
rp
h,
bqe
h,
h,
qzj
_at_n
h,
_at_/mh
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• RULE 5

Attached inseparably to an accented h or ,
with qamets and no dagesh.
h
h
b
rltaè
lt rlta,è
h
h
lt rh'
lt !'
rh
!
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INTERROGATIVE h

• RULE 1

Attached inseparably to 1st word of a question,
with hateph pathach.
h
rm'v
h
rm'v al
h
yikonf) yÙixf) rÛ"mo
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INTERROGATIVE h

• RULE 2

Attached inseparably to word beginning with
guttural or shewa, with pathach.
h'
hTa'
h'
!T,rÒm'v
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INTERROGATIVE h

• RULE 3

Attached inseparably to word beginning with
guttural and qamets, with seghol.
h,
h,
afj
db'a
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Interrogative PRONOUN

• RULE 1

hm attached by pathach, maqqeph and dagesh to
non-gutturals.
iAhm'
l,m,è
Ahm'
bt'K
iAhm'
rhn
iAhm'
!/y
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Interrogative PRONOUN

• RULE 2

hm attached by qamets and maqqeph to the
gutturals a, h (sometimes), and r.
Ahm
lgltrltè
Ahm
hTa'
Ahm
ryDIa'
Ahm
rbDh'
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Interrogative PRONOUN

• RULE 3

hm attached by seghol and sometimes maqqeph
especially to gutturals with qamets.
Ahm,
tyci
tyci
hm,
Ahm,
hyh
Ahm,
ynI/