[B-Greek] Grammatical question: double dots over a vowel

Kevin W. Woodruff cierpke at prodigy.net
Tue Jun 27 12:57:42 EDT 2006


Lillian:

Those dots are called a "diaresis." It is used to
indicate that the two vowels that would ordinarily
form a diphthong, are to be pronounced separately. 

Kevin



--- Lillian Belt <lillianlbelt at yahoo.com> wrote:

> What do the double dots over a vowel mean?  Are they
> phonetic markings or something esle?
>   Examples:  in the name of Isaiah - Matt 3: 3
>                     in the name of Moses - Matt 17:
> 3
>                     in the word hallelujah - Rev 19:
>  6
>    
>    
>   Lillian Belt
>   Independence, KS
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