As we all know, whether there is a dagesh or not written on the first letter of 
the verb in the waw-consecutive depends on whether there's a shewa on the vowel 
letter. Where theres a shewa there's no daghesh written (e.g. ויהי /wa-yehî/). 
Where there's no shewa, there's a daghesh (e.g. on the yod of ויאמר 
/way-yômer/).

 Where there's a shewa, I was under the impression that a qere perpetuum 
exists. Can anyone better versed in the massorah than I am confirm or refute 
this as I'm not by any means certain.

John Leake

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ان صاحب حياة هانئة لا يدونها انما يحياها
He who has a comfortable life doesn't write about it - he lives it
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On 23 May 2013, at 13:15, Isaac Fried <[email protected]> wrote:

> Do you mean dagesh, a point INSIDE a letter? Otherwise, there is no such 
> thing a "gemination" in Hebrew. I am glad to see that you correctly write 
> wayiqtol with only one y, the way it is written in the Hebrew text.
> 
> Isaac Fried, Boston University
>  
> On May 23, 2013, at 7:14 AM, Nir cohen - Prof. Mat. wrote:
> 
>> as to the gemination
> 
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