Segol
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| Segol | |
| ֶ | |
| IPA | ɛ |
| Transliteration | e |
| English example | bed |
| Same sound | tzere |
| Example | |
| שֶׁל | |
| The word for of in Hebrew, shel. The triangular array of three dots under the letter Shin form the segol. | |
| Other Niqqud | |
| Shva · Hiriq · Tzere · Segol · Patach · Kamatz · Holam · Dagesh · Mappiq · Kubutz and Shuruk · Rafe · Sin/Shin Dot | |
Segol (modern Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".; formerly Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.סְגוֹל, səḡôl) is a Hebrew niqqud vowel sign that is represented by three dots forming an upside down equilateral triangle "ֶ ". As such, it resembles an upside down therefore sign (a because sign) underneath a letter. In modern Hebrew, it indicates the phoneme /e/ which is similar to "e" in the English word sound in sell and is transliterated as an e.
In Modern Hebrew segol makes the same sound as tzere, as does the Hataf Segol (Template:Langx Script error: No such module "IPA"., "Reduced Segol"). The reduced (or ħataf) niqqud exist for segol, patah, and kamatz which contain a shva next to it.
Etymology
The segol name comes from the Aramaic word סְגוֹל (segol) meaning 'cluster of grapes',[1] because the vowel's sign, three dots forming an upside down triangle " ֶ ", resembles a cluster of grapes.[2]
Pronunciation
The following table contains the pronunciation and transliteration of the different segols in reconstructed historical forms and dialects using the International Phonetic Alphabet.
The letters Bet ⟨Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.ב⟩ and Het ⟨Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.ח⟩ used in this table are only for demonstration; any letter can be used.
| Symbol | Name | Pronunciation | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Modern | Ashkenazi | Sephardi | Yemenite | Tiberian | Reconstructed | |||
| Mishnaic | Biblical | |||||||
| Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.בֶ | Segol | [e̞] | [e̞] | [e̞] | [a] | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ? | Script error: No such module "IPA". |
| Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.בֶי Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.בֶה Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.בֶא | Segol Male | [e̞] | [e̞] | [e̞] | [a] | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ? | Script error: No such module "IPA". |
| Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.חֱ | Hataf Segol | [e̞] | [e̞] | [e̞] | [a] | Script error: No such module "IPA". | ? | Script error: No such module "IPA". |
In addition, a letter with a segol or tzere with a succeeding yod often makes the "ei" (also spelled "ey") sound such as in they or tape.
Vowel length comparison
By adding two vertical dots (shva), the vowel can be made very short. However, the vowels lengths are not manifested in Modern Hebrew.
| Vowel comparison table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vowel length | IPA | Transliteration | English example | ||
| Long | Short | Very Short | |||
| Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.ֵ | Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.ֶ | Page Template:Script/styles hebrew.css has no content.ֱ | [e̞] | e | temp |
| Tzere | Segol | Reduced Segol | |||
Unicode encoding
| Glyph | Unicode | Name |
|---|---|---|
| ֶ | U+05B6 | SEGOL |
| ֱ | U+05B1 | HATAF SEGOL |
References
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