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From: Russell Hendel <rhendel@mcs.drexel.edu>
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 07:57:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE: The Shva NAX in SHTAYIM

Just a short answer to Peretz Mett who in v28n79 asks HOW the shva in
SHTAYIM could be NAX--it is not possible to pronounce a shva nax at the
beginning of the word.

We do not legally hold this position in Ashkenazic communities today.But
those who do hold it actually pronounce the word ESHTAYIM with an extra
ALEPH.  The ESHTAYIM pronounciation would explain why the TAV has a
Dagesh.  This alternate form of pronunciation is brought down by both
Ibn Ezra and Radack.

Russell Hendel;Phd ASA;Moderator Rashi Is Simple;http://www.shamash.org/rashi