Know your alephbet and sounds. Vowels and accents will also make a difference.
The two dots, one above the other, at the end of the sentence is a sof pasuk—end of verse.
Letter
hey
vav
hey
yud
tav
resh
vav
tav
bet
Mem-sofit
yud
kaph
law-med
hey
hey
Vowel
caw-matz,
(See Ges. § 8a1)
:
sheva
_
pattack
.
holam at top (long “o” sound)
:
sheva
.
hirek
:
sheva
.
holam at top (long “o” sound)
_
pattack
Accent (see your text and grammar)
You will only have to memorize a few of them, but you should have an idea what they look like.
Silluq ?
...looks like a metheg too but see
(Ges. § 15f1)
Accent at bottom
See Ges.§15f, 16a, conjunctive,
“mayreha”
Accent at top
(See Ges. § 15h 4
Accent at top
(See
Ges. § 15f, 10a, “geresh”, remember it as disjunctive bit you do not have to memorize it)
Other punctuation
Dagesh qal-- lene-”light” . in the center of the “bet” hardens it; makes it a “b” sound, not a “v”; the dagesh also is used in other ways (see Ges. §11a (2), 12)
Metheg at bottom
Ges. § 16
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ah
v
ho
ye
t
rah
oh
t
be
m
See previous vowel
hee
le
ho
ha
Jehovah
in the law of
who walk
Definite
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The yud is a consonant because it has a vowel underneath.