Classical Hebrew: במותיך

shamsuddin

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Hello

הַצְּבִי֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל עַל־בָּמוֹתֶ֖יךָ חָלָ֑ל אֵ֖יךְ נָפְל֥וּ גִבּוֹרִֽים׃
(2 Samuel 1 19)

Your glory, O Israel, Lies slain on your heights; How have the mighty fallen!

Why don't the first vowel in "your high places" במותיך become a shwa?

Thanks so much
 
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