Samaritan Yefet HaCohen reads the Shma

Pesach Chol HaMoed trip (April 24, 2008) to Har (Mount) Greizim to meet the Shomronim. Yefet HaCohen reads the Shma in the ancient Samaritan dialect of Hebrew.

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• Shomron
• Samaritan
• Shma
• Muqata

[abuzinnar]

You're right. The Samaritan pronunciation is pretty corrupted. The most accurate pronunciation of Hebrew is the Yemenite.

[omedyashar]

The Samaritan is trying to say that since it says "write them 3al mezuzoth (upon the posts)" therefor it must be over the posts - on the lintel. The word "al" means on or upon, and by extension can mean regarding or about something. Had the intention been "above / over" - the word "m-3al" would have been written.

[AlQirqisani]

modern hebrew hasn't yiddish grammar, that's stupid, and how do you know if it resembles remotely with ancient hebrew, it is another myth that mizrahim speaks a pure hebrew.

[milkyroadtube]

@rafvrab yamani has it's own problems like jimel instead of gimel. and gof instead of qof. Iraqi for example is much more accurate in terms of consonants. I 'm not sure anout the vowels tho, yamani vowels sound more 'convincing ' to me. Anyway, it's too late now. The new generation now speaks this horrible Modern Hebrew wich has Yiddish grammar, German phonetics and only remotely resembles Hebrew. This battle is lost , ladies and gentlemen!

[lucianaperveieff]

@rafvrab

as far as I know proper Sfaradi/ Mizrahi Hebrew do distinguish between all the letters -- except for shin and samekh.

There are two kinds of gimmal/dalet/tav/yod, het and khaf, alef and ayin, quf and kaf, tet and tav...

[Nickidewbear]

@omedyashar Besides, a kohein, Kohein Yefet should have a pretty good grasp on what he's doing.

[ZviJ1]

Also, their Waw is mostly *not* pronounced with a 'b' sound

[ZviJ1]

The Samaritans pronounce Heh, Het and `Ayin as an Aleph. I think there's only a Kaf and no Khaf in their dialect.

[kloratis]

And once again - this video sucks

[misolico]

it sounds like there's a heavy arabic influence on their pronounciation, as a yemenite jew it sounds more like arabic to me, it doesnt sound like a yemenite hebrew, more like a mix of sefaradi hebrew and arabic pronounciation.

[rafvrab]

The Teimani pronunciation is much more clear and elegant. The distinguish the Tav with and without the dagesh, which the Ashkenazim do but not the Sephardim, and distinguish an alef from an ayin, which the Sephardim do but not the Ashkenazim. I can't hear with enough clarity the Shomroni Hebrew to tell exactly what is what.