
29 Mar
2011
29 Mar
'11
6:45 p.m.
Michael Snoyman wrote:
As for the "correct" way to pronounce the name: the "e" is from the Hebrew vowel "shva", which is known linguistically as a Schwa[1]. The "o" is a long vowel, like in "soap". "Y", "s" and "d" are pronounced just like they are in English.
A further linguistic note: the informal spoken dialect of modern Hebrew (the L of the modern Hebrew diglossia) does not have schwa. It has a simple five-vowel system with a few diphthongs. So in spoken Hebrew, the pronunciation of the first vowel is closest to the sound "eh" in English. Regards, Yitz