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PE
פ
VOICELESS ASPIRATED BILABIAL STOP [pʰ]
VOICELESS LABIO-DENTAL FRICATIVE [f]
OR
Pe with dagesh is pronounced similarly to English "p". Pe with rafe, which typically occurs after vowels, is pronounced similarly to English "f".
[pʰ]
פּ
פֿ
[f]
Hidayat al-Qari
The fifth place of articulation is the lips, which is that of the four letters בומף. If you close the lips with force, בּ and פּ with dagesh are heard. If you close them gently and lightly, you hear from them בֿ and ףֿ with rafe.
Translation from Khan (TPTBH II.L.1.3.9)
ואלמחל אל ה הו אלשפתין מחל ארבע חרוף ב̇ו̇מ̇ף̇ פאן בּ פּ אלמדגושין אטבק[ת] אלשפתין בקוה סמע מנהמא ואן אטבקתהמא ברפק וכפה סמעת מנהמא בֿ ו ףֿ אלמרפיין
Text from Khan (TPTBH II.L.1.3.9)
EXAMPLE WORDS:
וּפ֥וּט
[wuˈfuːutˁ]
מְרַחֶ֖פֶת
[maʀ̟aːˈħɛːfɛθ]
מִשְׁפָּט֙
[miʃˈpʰɔːɔtˁ]
פְּרִ֞י
[pʰaˈʀ̟iː]
SOURCES AND FURTHER READING
Khan, Geoffrey. 2020. The Tiberian Pronunciation Tradition of Biblical Hebrew. Cambridge: Cambridge and Open Book Publishers. §I.1.17.
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