The question, at first, is not what is the "evidence" for the antiquity of the dagesh, but what is its purpose. I don't, even remotely, believe that its purpose is to indicate the "doubling" of a consonant, to call attention to a "missing" consonant, to help "preserve" a vowel, or to serve as an "indicator" of a BINYAN.
Isaac Fried, Boston University On Jun 24, 2011, at 2:04 PM, AMK Judaica wrote: > 1) i'm not clear in which matters you think evidence is usually > circumstantial > 2) i apologize in advance if this has been addressed previously and > i missed it, but what is your circumstantial evidence in this > particular matter? _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
