Why Niph'al Infinitives construct have dagesh in the first root consonant?
We have, for some examples, HiGaMeL, be weaned (Gn 21:8) (l)HiNaCel, (to) be delivered (Hb 2:9) (b)HiNaGeF, (in) to be smitten (1K 8:33) Look also at (k)HiMeS, (as) to melt (Ps 68:3) As we often saw, usually the dagesh shows the doubling of a consonant, so that we could say that dagesh = c + c -------- (c = consonant). But in the Niph'al Infinitives (*)... which is the function of this dagesh? What does this dagesh mean here? Is this dagesh put here to distinguish this pattern from other similar patterns? Remark: The hiriq of prefix Hi- is rendered by a yud in the unvowelized script. (*) And also in the Niph'al Infinitive absolute (look at Ex 22:3 or at Jr 25:29) and in the Niph'al Imperative (look at Gn 19:17; Is 7:4...) Regards from > -- > Pere Porta > (Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain) > _______________________________________________ > b-hebrew mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew > > > -- _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
