 This reflects sometimes, but not always, pronunciation in Modern Hebrew, e.g.מַלְכֵי ("kings of") is commonly pronounced in accordance with the standard form, (with no dagesh qal in the letter kaf), whereas כַּלְבֵי ("dogs of"), whose standard pronunciation is , is commonly pronounced (as if there were a dagesh qal in the letter bet).In standard syllabification, the letter under which a shva meraḥef is marked is grouped with the preceding syllable.