Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>]

It is not uncommon for the middle radical (even letters that are neither
guttural nor Resh) of a Pi'el form in BH to omit the daghesh when it is
pointed with Sheva-Nach.  Such an occurrence is sometimes marked by the
Ta'am Raphe, but even that may be left out in common or oft-repeated forms.
Though it is not a Pi'el, the extremely common form va-yehi omits the
Daghesh from the Yodh.  Again, typically the Raphe will be omitted over the
Yodh, but a Meteg will normally be used with the Patah of the Vav to
indicate that the following Sheva is vocal, Sheva-Na'.
Hope this helps.
Charles David Isbell

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Crick" <ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk>
To: "Biblical Hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 5:44 PM
Subject: Re: Missing dagesh forte in Pi'el


> On Fri 28 Jan 2000 (15:27:17), music AT riverviewcog.org wrote:
> > What are some reasons why the dagesh forte may be missing from the
> > middle root letter of a Pi'el?
>
>  Mainly because the Gutterals and Resh do not take a daghesh forte
>  doubling dot. E.g. BeReK the Pi`el of BaRaK (not BiRReK).
>
>  Do you have any particular examples in mind, where the middle root letter
>  is neither a gutteral nor a Resh?
>
>  Ben
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