15.5 The Preformative vowels follow the Rule of Sheva

Notice how the preformative vowels follow the Rule of Sheva111

This will be useful information when \(R_1\) is a guttural

Review of \(Pre\)

  • As a reminder, \(Pre\) is a combination of prefix, preformatives, initial vowels and Daghesh marks as indicated that are diagnostic of a given stem and conjugation.
  • For the QP Strong, \(Pre =\) קָ
  • For the QI Strong, \(Pre =\) יִקְ

  1. According to Dr. Beckman, they did not exactly originate by the Rule of Sheva, but looking at it this way proves to be quite helpful.↩︎