vocalize

«vocalize» in Mova's judaism dictionary: To give a Hebrew word its vowel sounds, or to decide how… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb

meaning for a pupil

To give a Hebrew word its vowel sounds, or to decide how it should be read aloud by adding vowels. tree →

sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Sefer Yetzirah the word means choosing which vowels to read with a word whose letters could be read in more than one way. Interpretation: The text was first written with consonants only, so the vowels came later from tradition. Reading אמות as immot "Mothers" rather than ammot "cubits" or ummot "nations" shapes how the three mother letters are understood.

examples

• There exist alternative traditions where this term in the SY is vocalized instead as אַמּוֹת ammot 'cubits' or אֻמּוֹת ummot 'nations'. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
• It must be noted that the term אמות is vocalized and translated here as אִמּוֹת immot 'Mothers', based on the parallel אָבוֹת avot 'fathers' of SY 3:2 and 6:1. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →

note

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Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vocalize» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.