In my opinion there are no such things as a dagesh "lene" and dagesh "forte", as well as a schwa "mobile". The dagesh is not a part of the NIQUD.
Indeed, in Prov. 3:1-3 we encounter תִּשְׁכָּח TI$KAX with a dot in the letter K following a xiriq under the letter T, then we encounter יִצֹּר YICOR with a dot in the letter C following a xirik under the letter Y, then we encounter לִבֶּךָ with a dot in the letter B following a xiriq under the letter L. But we encounter no dot in the letter B of כָּתְבֵם KATBEM following a qamac under the letter K. Indeed, in Dan. 1:4 we encounter וּלְלַמְּדָם ULLAMDAM with a dot in the letter M following a patax under the second letter L, and consequently with no (superfluous) second dot in the letter D. But, כַּשְׂדִּים KASDIYM is with a dot in the letter D following a patax in the letter K. The same happens in אִבְּדָם IBDAM in 2Ki. 13:7, where a second dot in the D would be unnecessary. Why there is no dot in the first letter M of וַיְשִׂמֵם WAYSIMEM I don't know. Isaac Fried, Boston University On May 10, 2012, at 1:16 AM, Pere Porta wrote: > Have you ever read or heard, Isaac, about the consonants > «begadkefat»? > These usually take dagesh after shewa. This is the case of all the > words you provide in your post. > This is the so called «dagesh lene», the light dagesh: it points > out to the uttering of the consonant (hard versus soft) > Now... there are some exceptions to this rule. And so, in Pr 3::3 > we find KTBM, write them (you, male)! No dagesh in the B. > And in Dn 1:4 we find WLLMDM (no dagesh in the D) and in 2K 13:7 we > find )BDAM (he destroyed them) (no dagesh in the D)... > I do not know, here and now, the cause of this different > behaviour.... Maybe someone on this list can tell and illustrate us > about it... > But precedently I wrote on the «dagesh forte», the strong dagesh! > Namely the dagesh put inside consonants other than the begadkefat. > _______________________________________________ b-hebrew mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/b-hebrew
