According to courseware Textbook (HB101), cholem-vav is U-class vowel. But according to Beginning Biblical Hebrew (BBH), Cholem-vav is A-class vowel. Which one is correct?
- I am a brand new beginner. I'll wait for others to answer your question. My way (or plan) to learn is to stick with the HB101 and memorize all the vowels and their sounds. I guess it will be easy to assign an already memorized vowel to a different group later when the grammar requires so. Just my two cents.
John See — Edited
Hi Ashar and Tang. Greetings. I am a beginner as well. What I have come to understand from your good question is that the BBH seeks to provide a historical background of the holem-vav and its connection to the a-class vowels. What is in HB101 is what holem-vav is treated as in Biblical Hebrew today, as being under the u-class vowels. There is a helpful note in another book available in Logos, "Learning Biblical Hebrew: Reading for Comprehension: An Introductory Grammar" by Kutz & Josberger, where in Chapter 5, there is a section touching on "Historical Vowels" that provide a thorough description of what I summarised briefly above. Hope this helps. :-)