Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Bill Rea <bsr15 AT cantsl.it.canterbury.ac.nz>]

B-Hebrewers,

In the first word of Leviticus 13:33, hithgallach, there is a
very large gimel. Can anyone enlighten me as to why the gimel
is of exaggerated size within a word which essentially means
to shave?

Thanks.

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