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  • From: Polycarp66 AT aol.com
  • To: timr AT net2000ke.com, b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu
  • Subject: Re: Psalm 52.5
  • Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2000 22:19:10 EST


In a message dated 2/17/2000 9:35:47 PM Central Daylight Time,
timr AT net2000ke.com writes:

<< Could someone kindly explain the reason for the dagesh in the resh in the
second word <resh-ayin> in Psalm 52.5? I presume it is a change due to
accents and/or is a dagesh euphonicum. GKC mentions it in 22s with a
referral to 20f but I don't find the explanation very clear. >>

While not citing this passage, here is what van der Merwe, et. al. have to
say pertaining to such situations.

3. The conjunctive dageš

When a word ends on an unaccented [a/â] or [ê] and the first syllable of the
next word is accented and the first consonant of the next word is accented,
the first consonant of the second word is written with a conjunctive dageš as
in

$fBiYTf $.eBiY
&iYMfH L.fNW.

This dageš is called the conjunctive dageš or the dageš conjunctivum. It is
generally understood that this dageš does not indicate the doubling of the
consonant, but it has not been possible to ascertain its precise function as
yet.

In other words, it's been observed, but we don't know why it's there.

gfsomsel



  • Psalm 52.5, Tim Redmond, 02/17/2000
    • <Possible follow-up(s)>
    • Re: Psalm 52.5, Polycarp66, 02/17/2000
    • Psalm 52.5, Tim Redmond, 02/19/2000
    • Re: Psalm 52.5, Henry Churchyard, 02/20/2000

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