====== Ħiriq ======
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Hiriq (<wrap :he>חִירִיק</wrap>, khee-reeq), is a **[[short vowels|short]]** I-Class vowel.

It is represented by a single dot beneath the letter, and sounds like the “ee” in seed.

Just as [[yod]] is visually the smallest letter, so ħiriq is the smallest vowel,
and it makes the same sound [[yod]] often made when it was acting as a [[matres lectionis]].  When the hiriq+yod combination occurs, the **ħiriq** takes the responsibility of making the vowel sound while the [[yod]] may be treated as [[quiescent]].

See: [[niqqud]]

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