Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Karyn Traphagen <karyn AT birchbarkstudio.com>]

On Feb 26, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Maurice A. O'Sullivan wrote:

> At 15:38 26/02/2005, Karyn Traphagen wrote:
>   
> Where is the dagesh in the middle root? The BHQ has a dagesh in the 
> tet. Why?
>
>  Karyn:
>  Here you are into the complex field of textual witnesses.BHS has no 
> dagesh, either in the qoph or in the tet.
>
>  In the case of the dagesh in the middle radical, turn to p.53 of 
> Gesenius' Grammar, and you will find that the qoph _has_ a dagesh.
>  You will also find a reference to this example on p.171 where 
> Gesenius goes back as far as  David Kimchi [ a.k.a Radak ] who  "  
> with whom Delitzsch agrees, explains the form as Piel, with an 
> irregular hataf qamats for a hataf patach, as in the reading of Ru. 
> 2:2
>
>  So you can at least console yourself with the thought that discussion 
> of this point goes back eight centuries <g>

Thank you!
>  As to your citing of BHQ I am surprised that you haven't checked the 
> critical apparatus at the bottom of the page ...

Duly admonished! Thanks for your gracious explanation.

Karyn Traphagen
WTS, Philadelphia