HIZMIYNU, 'they invited, they ordered', is written in "full", plene, with a yod following the mem, and consequently there is no dagesh in the letter N. The dagesh is, in my opinion, a very ancient cue for the xirik, and is superfluous in the presence of a vowel. The dagesh in HIZMANU, 'we invited, we ordered', follows a patax, and is there as expected. I think that what you mean by "hearing" the dagesh is the faint natural doubling of any consonant, here N, situated between two vowels, here A and U. One hears it in AB-BIY, 'my father', AX-XIY, 'my brother', etc. Those who say they don't hear it need to pay closer attention.
Isaac Fried, Boston University On Apr 13, 2011, at 8:29 AM, Uri Hurwitz wrote: > > Just say in Heb. "we invited" and, for comparison, "they invited". > You'll hear the dagesh allright in the first. > > Uri > Hurwitz Great > Neck, NY > > > > --- On Wed, 4/13/11, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote: > > Really, how can a dagesh be "pronounced"? > > Isaac Fried, Boston University > > On Apr 13, 2011, at 7:42 AM, Uri Hurwitz wrote: > >> the Dagesh in the sceond consonant is not pronounced > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
