Sorry if this is a repeated email. I don't understand why my emails don't seem to be getting through. Yigal, can you please help? Sometimes my messages are not getting through.
Shalom! The word K.V.H.-LI (usually pronounced KAVAH-LI) appears twice - in Numbers 22:11 and 2:17. Looking at the facsimile copy of the LC, I see that BEIT has a DAGESH the first time this word is mentioned (Numbers 22:11) but not the second time. There is also a Raphe over the BEIT, which makes it a peculiar situation, as a letter cannot have both a Dagesh and a Raphe at the same time. The BHS, BHL, the on-line Westminster LC, and all the Tanakh editions show both time BEIT without Dagesh. My question: Does anyone know if what I see in the facsimile copy of the LC is real - is it a real dot inside the BEIT or is it some spec to which no one (but me?) is paying attention? If it's a real dot, it's an interesting situation because this is a "strange" word that may be more properly KOBAH (with a Kamatz Katan) than KAVAH. (Yes, I know that the Masoretes used the same vowel sound for each Kamatz and that the classification into K Gadol and K Katan are later.). Thank you in advance for responding. Bruryah (Yodan)
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