AUTHOR SEBAST. MUNST.

whether [the vowels] are to be strengthened or weakened, it will be noted below.
Furthermore, left שׂמאל smol and right ימין iamin are two small dots that are accustomed to be placed over the letter ש shin, the first to the left, as in שׂ, and it gives the letter a sharp sound; the second to the right, as in שׁ, and it marks the letter to be pronounced more thickly, as if it were sch.

Various divisions of the points.

The second kind of points is that of the vowels. And these are twofold, some are simple, others are composite. The simple ones are these. The first is patha a ַ, and it is worth a clear a. vrum prope ab ...? Moreover, there is a long patha, as in אַ a. בַּ ba. גַ ua. The second is kamez a ָ, and it is worth an obscure a, and it is a long kamez, verberandi con? as in גָ ga. דָ da. הָ ha. The third is zere e ֵ, small kamez which is slender; it is called by another name kamez caton small kamez, that is, little. As in טֵ te. לֵ le. מֵ me. Therefore patha The fourth is segol e ֶ, and it sounds a voice midway between a and e, that is, the diphthong æ. Therefore segol is called a cluster because they wanted to arrange three points like grapes as I learned from the professor of sacred letters...?