becomes open syllable see ref ref group nb less common consonant following guttural begadkefat letter eg 'you take pledge' suggests begadkefat spirantization longer automatic time epenthesis occurred see ref following charts summarize common reflexes proto semitic vowels various stages hebrew class wikitable style text align center proto semitic proto hebrew secunda tiberian babylonian palestinian samaritan sup sup rowspan colspan colspan
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