AUTHOR SEBAST. MUNST.

it also signifies a syllable: regarding which the Hebrews hand down some rules, which you will find a little below. The tenth and first among the composite [points] is hateph patha ֳ, and it sounds like a through the nose. As in אֲ a הֲ ha. The eleventh is hateph camez ֳ, and its sound is almost the same as holem. As in חֳ ho. מֳ mo. Two points are placed [for] clear reason...

The twelfth is hateph sægol ֳ, a short æ. As in אֱ æ. הֱ hæ. These two points, ֳ and ֳ, are rarely written under other letters than letters that are guttural. And these points have this distinction among themselves, that five are called תנועות גדולות large motions or vocalizations. They are also called מלכים kings, and they are contained in this word נוטריקון notarikon. The other five, however, are placed in the region of the large ones, and they are called תנועות קטנות small motions, or משרתים servants, and they are included in this word נשריק neshrik, about which [more] below in the treatise of accents.