Lexicographical Neighbors of Shevas
Literary usage of Shevas
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Practice of Typography: Modern Methods of Book Composition by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"... as H = o The last three are short vowels to which the Sheva (simple [j]) is
joined, and are known as compound shevas. Hebrew is read from right to left. ..."
2. The Practice of Typography: Modern Methods of Book Composition by Theodore Low De Vinne (1904)
"... 1 T: T: The last three are short vowels to which the Sheva (simple [j]) is
joined, and are known as compound shevas. Hebrew is read from right to left. ..."
3. Hebrew Grammar with a Copious Syntax and a Praxis by Moses Stuart (1821)
"JL The student will perceive, that the composite shevas are constituted, ...
The composite shevas stand, for the most part, only under the Gutturals ; (§ 46 ..."
4. Hebrew Grammar of Gesenius by Wilhelm Gesenius, Moses Stuart (1846)
"Two of these composite shevas, viz. (_) and (t|), are sometimes associated with
letters not guttural. The other ( ) is joined with Gutturals only. ..."
5. Hebrew Grammar by Wilhelm Gesenius, Thomas Jefferson Conant (1845)
"V shevas. But where other letters would take a silent v Sheva, ... Respecting the
choice between the three composite shevas it may be remarked, a) n, n, y, ..."
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