Pengguna:Dubaduba/WP/Methegh

3. METHEGHd In the word O'HBţJ (he'ärim) the vowel S'ghol .. has a short vertical stroke to the left of it. This vertical stroke is called < Methegh (1TIQ ' bridle') and it indicates that the reader must pause, so that the word above is to be read D^U 7} he'ărîm; similarly DÎX H hä'ädám. DEFINITION: Methegh is a short vertical stroke placed at the left of a vowel. Its effect is to make the reader pause after it. That is to say: when a natural pause occurs within a spoken word, that pause is indicated in writing by a Methegh. NOTE: The uses of Methegh are illustrated in the following chapters. It will be seen that, acting as a check, it serves as a kind of half-accent (see 4 below), determines whether a syllable is closed or open (see 5 below), and whether the vowel-sign r represents i or o (p. 12. 7).