Accent Shift

Question 1

Will an accented syllable be SHORT, LONG or REDUCED?

Answer 1

either SHORT or LONG, never REDUCED

Question 2

Will an open and unaccented syllable be SHORT, LONG or REDUCED?

Answer 2

either LONG or REDUCED, never SHORT

Question 3

Will a closed and unaccented syllable be SHORT, LONG or REDUCED?

Answer 3

SHORT

Question 4

Will an open pretonic be SHORT, LONG or REDUCED?

Answer 4

LONG (most of the time)
-unless-
it follows an open and distant syllable that will not reduce, then it may be REDUCED on occasion

Question 5

Will an open and distant syllable be SHORT, LONG or REDUCED?

Answer 5

REDUCED most of the time
-unless-
it bears an unchangeably LONG vowel

Question 6

When a Guttural or ר refuses to double, will the preceding vowel be SHORT, LONG or REDUCED?

Answer 6

LONG (unchangeably) to compensate for the lost doubling.

Question 7

Will the vowel preceding Quiescent א be SHORT, LONG or REDUCED?

Answer 7

LONG (unchangeably)

Question 8

Which two vowel combinations will contract after losing their accent and what do they contract to?

Answer 8

םַ֫יִ ־־> םֵי
-and-
םָ֫וֶ ־־> םוֹ