Pere, you've hit upon the enigmatic 'QeNeMLuY' letters. The consonants ק נ מ ל ו י often reject a dagesh forte when they would normally take one.
GEORGE ATHAS Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia) www.moore.edu.au From: Pere Porta <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 07:45:38 +0200 To: George Athas <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Cc: B-Hebrew <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Why? Dear b-hebrew listers, We know that the dagesh is, between others, a feature of the Piel conjugation. And so, DIBARTY, I spoke (Js 1:3) $ILAXTY, I sent away (Mal 2:2) We know too that gutturals take no dagesh even if they should take one as it is the case of the Piel. And so NIXA$TY, I divined (Gn 30:27) WRIXAMTY, and I will have compassion (lit. I had compassion) (Ex 33:19) We would say the same for the Piel Imperative as in DABRY, speak (you, female)! we find in Jdg 5:12. But some Piel forms are also found whit NO dagesh when one would expect one. And so HALLW, praise (you, males)! (Ps 117:1) HALLY, praise (you, female)! (Ps 146:1) Compare also L$ALXW, to send him away (Ex 4:23) (dagesh) with LBAQ$W, to seek him (1S 27:4) (no dagesh)... So I wonder if these are scribal errors or... maybe there are some verbs which even in the Piel take no dagesh where they should take one. Maybe there is a reason for that lack of dagesh? Regards Pere Porta (Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain) _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew -- Pere Porta _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
