Shva
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14 sectionsContents
- Pronunciation in Modern Hebrew
- Counterexamples
- Traditional classification
- Shva Naʻ
- Shva Naḥ
- Shva Meraḥef
- Shva Gaʻya
- T'nua hatufa
- Comparison table
- Unicode encoding
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Bibliography
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Shva or, in Biblical Hebrew, shĕwa () is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign written as two vertical dots () beneath a letter. It indicates either the phoneme (shva na', mobile shva) or the complete absence of a vowel (/Ø/) (shva naḥ, resting shva).