Diacritical marks

[bigvince]

I seem to remember a list of diacritical marks and their meanings in the reference Bible. But now I can’t find it. Does anyone know where it’s at?

[➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone]

I always thought it was in the 'si' book. I see it is also in 'be' book. I had a quick look in the appendix of the nwtsty - but did not find anything...
Here is what I found in the Index;

Old (Downunder) Tone
 

Edited February 12, 2021 by ➕👇 ꓤꓱꓷꓠꓵ🎵Tone

[carlos]

By "diacritical marks" you mean the symbols used to mark footnotes? The Introduction to the Reference Bible lists all the symbols it uses for footnotes, as well as the abbreviations for different manuscripts.

[bigvince]

@carlos Those are called diacritical marks. I'll check out the introduction. Thanks!

[carlos]

1 hour ago, bigvince said:

@carlos Those are called diacritical marks. I'll check out the introduction. Thanks!

Thanks. The ones used as references for footnotes *, #, △,  ■, □ , + do not have any particular meaning. They are just different to be able to tell one note from other. If all notes were marked as *, for example, and there were two footnotes in the same verse, it would be mode difficult to know which is which.

 

[bigvince]

@carlos Oh, those aren't what I'm referring to. I'm talking about the marks above letters in words that tell you how to pronounce the word or name.

[carlos]

Can you provide one example, please? I'm not sure of what you mean.

[bigvince]

Numbers 1, not sure what verse, you have Eʹnan mentioned. that little ' tells you that the E is pronounced as a long E. Pronounced Ee-nan

[carlos]

3 minutes ago, bigvince said:

Numbers 1, not sure what verse, you have Eʹnan mentioned. that little ' tells you that the E is pronounced as a long E. Pronounced Ee-nan

Oops, I always thought the ' marks where the stress falls in that word. I didn't know it also marks the length of the vowels.

 

The only info that comes to mind about this is this paragraph from the Benefit from School book:

 

*** be study 3 p. 91 par. 1 Correct Pronunciation ***
Do you find that some proper names in the Bible are difficult to pronounce? In English, a stress mark follows the syllable that should be given primary stress. If the accented syllable ends in a vowel, then the vowel is long in its pronunciation. If a syllable ends in a consonant, then the vowel in that syllable is short in its pronunciation. When the two vowels a and i are combined, as in Morʹde·cai and Siʹnai, the ai is pronounced simply as a long i. With the exception of the name Rachel, the ch combination of letters is given a hard k sound, as in Mel·chizʹe·dek.

 

[M.J.]

@carlos

I think he's talking about the dots above the hebrew word that show you where the vowel(sound) should be....

Often referred to when discussing pronunciation of God's name.

[daydream]

https://rom.uga.edu/inserting-diacritical-marks

diacritical mark : a mark, point, or sign added or attached to a letter or character to distinguish it from another of similar form, to give it a particular phonetic value, to indicate stress, etc., as a cedilla, tilde, circumflex, or macron.

Edited February 12, 2021 by Mclove

[Thesauron]

Oops, I always thought the ' marks where the stress falls in that word. I didn't know it also marks the length of the vowels.
 
The only info that comes to mind about this is this paragraph from the Benefit from School book:
 
*** be study 3 p. 91 par. 1 Correct Pronunciation ***
Do you find that some proper names in the Bible are difficult to pronounce? In English, a stress mark follows the syllable that should be given primary stress. If the accented syllable ends in a vowel, then the vowel is long in its pronunciation. If a syllable ends in a consonant, then the vowel in that syllable is short in its pronunciation. When the two vowels a and i are combined, as in Morʹde·cai and Siʹnai, the ai is pronounced simply as a long i. With the exception of the name Rachel, the ch combination of letters is given a hard k sound, as in Mel·chizʹe·dek.
 

This is true. They are called stress marks. We also used to call them accent marks.

https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=1200001767&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=27

https://www.jw.org/finder?wtlocale=E&docid=1101985116&srctype=wol&srcid=share&par=46

[rocket]

https://wol.jw.org/en/wol/d/r1/lp-e/1102001072#h=1:0

 

Correct Pronunciation

Paragraph 5

 

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In some languages, diacritics are a major factor to consider. These include marks shown above and below certain letters of the alphabet, such as: è, é, ô, ñ, ō, ŭ, č, ö, ç. The diacritical marks may be written, or the reader may be expected to supply them on the basis of the context in which a word appears. In the latter case, careful preparation will likely be needed when you are assigned to read publicly.

 

 

[Dages]

On 2/12/2021 at 4:49 PM, M.J. said:

@carlos

I think he's talking about the dots above the hebrew word that show you where the vowel(sound) should be....

Often referred to when discussing pronunciation of God's name.

These are called niqqud / niqqudot. But that's not the topic