5. Syllabification

Question 1

Rule 1

Answer 1

Every syllable must begin with one consonant
and have only one vowel. The following
example has two syllables, each beginning
with a consonant and each having only one
vowel.
דָּבָר – דָּ|בָר – då-bår

Question 2

Rule 2

Answer 2

There are only two types of syllables: open and
closed. Open syllables end with a vowel and
closed syllables end with a consonant. In
the above example, ָדּ (då), is open because
it ends in a vowel and רָב (∫år), is closed
because it ends in a consonant.