1. A shva under the first letter of a word makes an "I" sound. , לְפָנֶיךָ, דְּמָמָה, בְּנִי, 2. A shva under the last letter of a word is silent. , מֶלֶךְ, בָּךְ, לַךְ, 3. A shva following a short vowel is silent, מִצְוָה, דֶּרְכּוֹ, שִׂמְחָה, 4. A shva following a long vowel makes the "I" sound. , לוֹמְדֵי, עִירְךָ, בֵּיתְךָ, 5. A shva under a letter with a dagesh (dot) in the middle makes an “I” sound. , צִיְּנוּן, בַּיְּשָׁנוּת, הַגְּדוֹלָה, 6. When there are two shvas in a row, the first one is silent and the second one makes an “I” sound. , מִשְׁכְּנִים, לַגְלְגָן, תִּזְכְּרוּ, 7. A shva under the first of two of the same letters makes an “I” sound. , לַקְּקָנוּת, הָלְלוּ, זוֹלְלִים, 8. A shva that comes before the letters vet, gimmel, dalet, chaf, fey, & tav without a dot makes an “I” sound. , עִבְדוּ , יַעַטְפוּ , כֹּתְבִים.

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