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Points as guides
to
pronunciation
characters of similar shape may be confounded, difference are explained in the following remarks.
BETH, with a rounded stem at the upper right angle, rests on a long, flat base which projects on the right.
KAPH
has a curved line at the side that rests on a shorter base-line that does not project to the right.
J
some features of
has a rounded angle at the nTAV and a knob upper right at lower I
side, left line.
end of
ZAYIN has a short top line that projects slightly over the long stem.
VAV 1
also has a short top line, but it does not project at all over the stem.
NUN
FINAL is unlike Zayin in having a very long and slightbent stem and no projecly tion.
TETH
has a
flat
base joined to
two lines, a curve a knob at left.
at right,
MEM has right stem curved left is
the disconnected at the knob at the top. ;
base, with a
MEM
FINAL is nearly square at the base-line at right hand. SAMEK has a much shorter base-line.
AYIN has two knobby stems sloping to a base-line inclining to left. TSADHE, with similar knobby stems, meets a base-line that is horizontal.
TSADHE FINAL
has a long verjunction of
tical stroke at the
two stems.
The point Daghesh
*
is
cast within the
body of
certain letters to modify their pronunciation. The * same in is the letter point Mappiq (of form) put JTJ
(He
make it retain its harshness as a " Eaphe is a small dash (rarely used),
final) to
consonant.
but on a higher plane, that gives an aspirated sound to the letter below. Maqqeph - (of same is used as a form) hyphen to join words together. These are all the characters absolutely needed for