Biblical Hebrew Forum

["Henry Churchyard" <churchh AT usa.net>]

>> From: ben.crick AT argonet.co.uk (Ben Crick)
>> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 23:44:20 +0000

>> On Fri 28 Jan 2000 (15:27:17), "Joseph Brian Tucker"
>> <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).

> From: "Charles David Isbell" <cisbell AT home.com>
> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 20:17:37 -0600

> 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 (vocal).  Though it is not a
> Pi'el, the extremely common form va-yehi omits the Daghesh from the
> Yodh.

Right; such degemination (i.e. simplification of a double consonant)
occurs sporadically in various contexts (i.e. not only in Pi``el
forms), in the environment directly preceding vocal _sh@wa_; one
example of this phonological process affecting a Pi``el form is
[hall@luu] (plural imperative "praise!") -> [hal@luu].

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