Tuesday, July 12, 2011

How is חַוָּה pronounced and properly transliterated?

The pronunciation that you have written is correct. The dot in the "vav" is not a shuruk, it is a "dagesh" (which is why the transliteration has two "v"s). The "dagesh" is a diacritical mark, and does not change the vowel underneath (the "kamatz") which is pronounced as "aw."

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