hebrew 'pata stolen letter ' inserted see ref absent secunda samaritan hebrew present transcriptions jerome ref name ssam ref tiberian tradition ultrashort echo vowel sometimes added clusters first element guttural eg 'he listen' 'his work' 'he make glorious' 'its breadth' ref name b ref group nb evident epenthesis must late phenomenon since short vowel preceding guttural preserved even though
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