The Vocal Sheva -

Understanding the Sheva Na

There are four cases when the sheva is vocal (i.e., opens a syllable):

Vocal Sheva Rules

Examples:

NOTE: There is another case wherein you will pronounce a sheva as vocal, and that is when it immediately precedes the same Hebrew letter (or similar sounding letter) in a word. For example:

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