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2011-01-14T14:20:29.669-05:00

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"the first letter of a word will usually have...

2011-01-01T13:46:08.920-05:00

"the first letter of a word will usually have a דגש unless preceded by a word ending with a vowel sound."

there seem to be some misunderstanding here:
בג'ד כפ'ת בראש מלה
are punctuated with a dagesh, unless preceded by any of:
אותיות בכל'ם
as the last letter of the preceding word.

Ariel Hallewi in "Qobhes Diqduqe Thora" explains t...

2008-06-02T06:32:00.000-04:00

Ariel Hallewi in "Qobhes Diqduqe Thora" explains the difference between he hayedhi'a and he happe'ula. "Hameyalledhoth" in sepher Shemoth has a ge'aya under the he and the shewa under the mem is pronounced na'. Their being "meyalledhoth" is their role here, their identity; this is he hayedhi'a. In sepher Bereshith however, "hamyalledheth" is an action, not an identity; this is he happe'ula and the shewa is pronounced nah.

The first letter of the word only has a dagesh (Ka...

2008-01-11T13:27:00.000-05:00

The first letter of the word only has a dagesh (Kal!) (other things being equal) if that letter is BG"D KF"T. The dagesh in question here is a dagesh chazak, which, in general does NOT appear in the first letter of the word. Furthermore, although I believe the dikdukei shai says that there is a machloket between sefardim and ashkenazim/teimanin as to whether the shva under a mem without a dagesh following a heh ha'yediah with a meteg is na or nach (the Simanim here, as in other things is follow the sefardi way) the mesorah itself is clear on the matter. It is na. See, e.g. Yeivin's book on the tiberian masorah. I think the dikdukei ta'amim, or perhaps Dotan's notes on this, also addresses the matter.

מצאנו גם המצרעים בלשון רבים בלי דגש
ובלשון יחיד...

2008-01-11T06:21:00.000-05:00