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A.Z. Foreman

This pronunciation, used by the Masoretes in Early Medieval Galilee, is the one the Hebrew vowel signs we're all familiar with were actually designed to record. I decided to create such recordings because despite the profusion of data about this reading dialect and its importance for the later history of Hebrew (such as in the the development of the vocalization signs), I couldn't find anybody who had actually taken the liberty of making a recording that used all the most recent research on this dialect to give an idea of what it (may have) actually sounded like (for example, we now know that the vav was indeed labiodental in this dialect, and that vowel length was indeed at least somewhat contrastive.) As with all reconstructions, this is at more than one level hypothetical. In listening to this, you are doing something less like watching a documentary than watching a well-researched work of historical fiction. 
 
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This pronunciation, used by the Masoretes in Early Medieval Galilee, is the one the Hebrew vowel signs we're all familiar with were actually designed to record. I decided to create such recordings because despite the profusion of data about this reading dialect and its importance for the later history of Hebrew (such as in the the development of the vocalization signs), I couldn't find anybody who had actually taken the liberty of making a recording that used all the most recent research on this dialect to give an idea of what it (may have) actually sounded like (for example, we now know that the vav was indeed labiodental in this dialect, and that vowel length was indeed at least somewhat contrastive.)  As with all reconstructions, this is at more than one level hypothetical. In listening to this, you are doing something less like watching a documentary than watching a well-researched work of historical fiction.

If you like this video and want to help me make more things like it, con

Deuteronomy 32:1-6 read in Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation (1st Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

The beginning of the Shema, chanted using a reconstruction of Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation. This pronunciation, used by the Masoretes in Early Medieval Galilee, is the one the Hebrew vowel signs we're all familiar with were actually designed to record. I decided to create such recordings because despite the profusion of data about this reading dialect and its importance for the later history of Hebrew (such as in the the development of the vocalization signs), I couldn't find anybody who had actually taken the liberty of making a recording that used all the most recent research on this dialect to give an idea of what it (may have) actually sounded like (for example, we now know that the vav was indeed labiodental in this dialect, and that vowel length was indeed at least somewhat contrastive.)  As with all reconstructions, this is at more than one level hypothetical. In listening to this, you are doing something less like watching a documentary than watching a well-researched work of historical fiction.

The beginning of the Shema, chanted using a reconstruction of Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation. This pronunciation, used by the Masoretes in Early Medieval Galilee, is the one the Hebrew vowel signs we're all familiar with were actually designed to record. I decided to create such recordings because despite the profusion of data about this reading dialect and its importance for the later history of Hebrew (such as in the the development of the vocalization signs), I couldn't find anybody who had actually taken the liberty of making a recording that used all the most recent research on this dialect to give an idea of what it (may have) actually sounded like (for example, we now know that the vav was indeed labiodental in this dialect, and that vowel length was indeed at least somewhat contrastive.)  As with all reconstructions, this is at more than one level hypothetical. In listening to this, you are doing something less like watching a documentary than watching a well-researched work of 

Opening of the Shma (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) read in Tiberian Hebrew from the Leningrad Codex

This pronunciation, used by the Masoretes in Early Medieval Galilee, is the one the Hebrew vowel signs we're all familiar with were actually designed to record. I decided to create such recordings because despite the profusion of data about this reading dialect and its importance for the later history of Hebrew (such as in the the development of the vocalization signs), I couldn't find anybody who had actually taken the liberty of making a recording that used all the most recent research on this dialect to give an idea of what it (may have) actually sounded like (for example, we now know that the vav was indeed labiodental in this dialect, and that vowel length was indeed at least somewhat contrastive.)  As with all reconstructions, this is at more than one level hypothetical. In listening to this, you are doing something less like watching a documentary than watching a well-researched work of historical fiction.

Deuteronomy 32:7-12 recited in Tiberian Hebrew (2nd Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

Deuteronomy 32:13-8 recited in Tiberian Hebrew (3rd Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

The opening of the book of Genesis, chanted using a reconstruction of Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation. This pronunciation, used by the Masoretes in Early Medieval Galilee, is the one the Hebrew vowel signs we're all familiar with were actually designed to record. I decided to create such recordings because despite the profusion of data about this reading dialect and its importance for the later history of Hebrew (such as in the the development of the vocalization signs), I couldn't find anybody who had actually taken the liberty of making a recording that used all the most recent research on this dialect to give an idea of what it (may have) actually sounded like (for example, we now know that the vav was indeed labiodental in this dialect, and that vowel length was indeed at least somewhat contrastive.) 
 
As with all reconstructions, this is at more than one level hypothetical. In listening to this, you are doing something less like watching a documentary than watching a well-researched work of historical fiction. 
 
As you can probably tell, I am not an especially well-practiced cantor at all. 
 
I apologize for the poor rendering of the Hebrew diacritics. iMovie is not very cooperative on this score. 
 
If you want to hear more recordings in Tiberian Hebrew, (including a recording of this passage without cantillation) you can find them on my soundcloud playlist: 
 
https://soundcloud.com/alex-foreman-209218576/sets/bible-readings-in-tiberian

The opening of the book of Genesis, chanted using a reconstruction of Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation. This pronunciation, used by the Masoretes in Early Medieval Galilee, is the one the Hebrew vowel signs we're all familiar with were actually designed to record. I decided to create such recordings because despite the profusion of data about this reading dialect and its importance for the later history of Hebrew (such as in the the development of the vocalization signs), I couldn't find anybody who had actually taken the liberty of making a recording that used all the most recent research on this dialect to give an idea of what it (may have) actually sounded like (for example, we now know that the vav was indeed labiodental in this dialect, and that vowel length was indeed at least somewhat contrastive.)  

As with all reconstructions, this is at more than one level hypothetical. In listening to this, you are doing something less like watching a documentary than watching a well-researche

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Deuteronomy 32:1-6 read in Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation (1st Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

Opening of the Shma (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) read in Tiberian Hebrew from the Leningrad Codex

Deuteronomy 32:7-12 recited in Tiberian Hebrew (2nd Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

Deuteronomy 32:13-8 recited in Tiberian Hebrew (3rd Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

Genesis 1:1-13 recited in Tiberian Hebrew

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Deuteronomy 32:1-6 read in Tiberian Hebrew pronunciation (1st Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

Opening of the Shma (Deuteronomy 6:4-9) read in Tiberian Hebrew from the Leningrad Codex

Deuteronomy 32:7-12 recited in Tiberian Hebrew (2nd Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

Deuteronomy 32:13-8 recited in Tiberian Hebrew (3rd Aliyah of Parashath Ha'azinu)

Genesis 1:1-13 recited in Tiberian Hebrew

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