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Ḥiriq
ִ
IPA
Hebrew: i Yiddish: ɪ
Transliteration
i
English approximation
Hebrew: ski Yiddish: skip
Ḥiriq Example
נִקּוּד
The word niqqud in Hebrew. The first vowel (under Nun, the dot underneath) is a ḥiriq itself.
Ḥiriq male Example
תִּינוֹק
The word "baby" in Hebrew with niqqud. Notice the additional Yud ⟨י⟩.
Hiriq, also called Chirik (Hebrew: חִירִיקḥiriqIPA:[χiˈʁik]) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign represented by a single dot ⟨ ִ ⟩ underneath the letter. In Modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme /i/ which is similar to the "ee" sound in the English word deep and is transliterated with "i". In Yiddish, it indicates the phoneme /ɪ/ which is the same as the "i" sound in the English word skip and is transliterated with "i".
Hiriq, also called Chirik (Hebrew: חִירִיק ḥiriq IPA: [χiˈʁik]) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign represented by a single dot ⟨ ִ ⟩ underneath the letter...
orthography only, the glyph, yud-ḥiriq (יִ), pronounced /i/, can be optionally used, rather than typing yud then ḥiriq (יִ). In Hebrew spelling this would...
absence of the yod representing the vowel hiriq, this vowel would be pronounced shorter. This short hiriq (ī) would also cause the teth (ט) following...
either 'righteousness' or the proper name Zedek. With the addition of the hiriq compaginis (-ī) indicating the archaic construct form, malk-ī means 'king...
Tiberian ḥăṭep̄ qāmeṣ חֲטֶף קָמָץ [ɔ̆] ŏ בִ Hiriqhiriq Israeli ẖīrīq חִירִיק [i] ī Usually promoted to Hiriq Malei in Israeli writing for the sake of disambiguation...
ệ, ậ, â, ô ע ayin /ʔ/ or /ʕ/ — — ê, ệ, ậ, â, ô ו waw/vav /w/ or /v/ וֹ ḥolám malé ô וּ shurúq û י yud /j/ ִ י ḥiríq malé î ֵ י tseré malé ê, ệ...
silent and not transliterated. The letter י at the end of a word after ẖiriq ִ is also silent and not transliterated. The situation of the letter י...
Suffix Meaning Examples תִּי (Tav with Hiriq male) 1st person sg. I did שָׁמַרְתִּי shamarti (I kept) תָּ (Tav with Kamatz) 2nd person, masc. sg. You...
with a "long" niqqud-variant,, such as the long vowel of either yod or ḥiríq, as in יְחִֽידְֿךָ (Gen. 22:2) (yəḥīḏəḵa), or the long vowel of waw or ḥolam...
the former is pointed with a hataf segol ( ֱ ) under the yod (י) and a hiriq ( ִ ) under the second he (ה), giving יֱהֹוִה, to indicate that it is...
of three dots under the letter Shin form the segol. Other Niqqud Shva · Hiriq · Tzere · Segol · Patach · Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Kubutz and...
vav with a dot in the middle are examples of shuruk. Other Niqqud Shva · Hiriq · Tzere · Segol · Patach · Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Shuruk · Kubutz ·...
pataḥ and qamats gadol ([a]) or between segol, tsere and vocal sheva ([e]). Ḥiriq is sometimes reduced to [ɪ] or [ə] in an unstressed closed syllable or near...
remaining four (/u/, /i/, /e/, /o/) are represented by simple sheva (ḥaṭaf ḥiriq (אְִ) in the Aleppo Codex is a scribal oddity and certainly not regular...
first diacritic (the line over the pei) is a rafe. Other Niqqud Shva · Hiriq · Zeire · Segol · Patach · Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Shuruk · Kubutz ·...
⟨ו⟩ with the dot above it is the Ḥolam male itself. Other Niqqud Shva · Hiriq · Tzere · Segol · Patach · Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Shuruk · Kubutz ·...
Pesukot (Hil. Berakhot), uses yod as the mater lectionis to show the vowel hiriq, after the qoph (ק) in Qiryat Shema (Hebrew: קִירְיַת שְׁמַע). The editor...
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