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单词 vowel point
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Definition of vowel point in English:

vowel point

noun
  • Each of a set of marks indicating vowels in writing phonetically explicit text in Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The general rule is that the vowel point remains in its normal position, and the accent is moved to avoid a collision.
    • One solution to this dilemma was to use a qualifier in one of the terms to indicate the particular vowel point differentiating that term from another one that is spelled the same.
    • Second, it takes time to write or type vowel points.
    • How well the vowel points will line up varies from font to font.
    • Only when the text was standardised did vowel points emerge to fix the identity of certain words in the text.
    • In all other cases the vowel point is applied to the preceding consonant, and the letter representing the vowel remains without vowel point.
    • To be sure, the subscript vowel points used as vowel cues in modern Hebrew were not used by the ancients.
    • The difference between the two is simply one vowel point added to the Hebrew letter.
    • These dots and dashes are called vowel points because they enable the reader to know exactly which vowel sounds to supply with the written Hebrew consonantal text.
    • Addition of an Aleph to a word does not effect the pronunciation at all, unless a vowel point is assigned to the Aleph - even then, such a vowel point can usually be borrowed from a consonant.
    • The consonants are listed first in alphabetical order, followed by vowel points and then by other signs.
    • The main form of ‘Adonai’ has a different vowel point under the ‘N’ to distinguish it from the second much less common form of the word.
    • But the uncertainty of the writing, and the lack of diacritical and vowel points, caused fresh disputes.
    • Included for the first time is the ability to search all versions with options for case, accent, and vowel point sensitivity.
 
 

Definition of vowel point in US English:

vowel point

noun
  • Each of a set of marks indicating vowels in writing phonetically explicit text in Semitic languages such as Hebrew and Arabic.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • To be sure, the subscript vowel points used as vowel cues in modern Hebrew were not used by the ancients.
    • The general rule is that the vowel point remains in its normal position, and the accent is moved to avoid a collision.
    • Only when the text was standardised did vowel points emerge to fix the identity of certain words in the text.
    • The main form of ‘Adonai’ has a different vowel point under the ‘N’ to distinguish it from the second much less common form of the word.
    • These dots and dashes are called vowel points because they enable the reader to know exactly which vowel sounds to supply with the written Hebrew consonantal text.
    • Included for the first time is the ability to search all versions with options for case, accent, and vowel point sensitivity.
    • Second, it takes time to write or type vowel points.
    • How well the vowel points will line up varies from font to font.
    • The difference between the two is simply one vowel point added to the Hebrew letter.
    • The consonants are listed first in alphabetical order, followed by vowel points and then by other signs.
    • One solution to this dilemma was to use a qualifier in one of the terms to indicate the particular vowel point differentiating that term from another one that is spelled the same.
    • In all other cases the vowel point is applied to the preceding consonant, and the letter representing the vowel remains without vowel point.
    • Addition of an Aleph to a word does not effect the pronunciation at all, unless a vowel point is assigned to the Aleph - even then, such a vowel point can usually be borrowed from a consonant.
    • But the uncertainty of the writing, and the lack of diacritical and vowel points, caused fresh disputes.
 
 
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