[b-hebrew] Miqdash
Isaac Fried
if at math.bu.edu
Sun Feb 5 17:46:37 EST 2012
1. The whole verse appears to me a latter refrain to the song sang in
the temple, with MIKDA$ ADONAI KONNU YADEYKA transported from
somewhere else.
2. It is, indeed, a theoretically interesting question why the dagesh
could not wait for the D, and instead hastened to settle himself in
the Q. But on the practical "phonological" and "morphological" levels
it does not matter one little bit where the dagesh is located, if at
all. one may remove the dagesh and nothing will change --- no one
will miss it. In fact, latter-day "massorates" are good at doing just
that.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On Feb 4, 2012, at 12:15 PM, Yigal Levin wrote:
> In all of the places in which the word "Miqdash" (temple, sanctuary)
> appears, there is a dagesh on the dalet. Only in Ex. 15:17, the
> dagesh is on
> the qoph. This is consistent in all of the editions that I have
> checked,
> including BHS. Anyone have any idea why?
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