Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Thanks.

Yigal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "B. M. Rocine" <brocine AT twcny.rr.com>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Amos 6:3


> Hi Yigal,
>
> hamnaddiym is Piel.  The dagesh which customarily appears with the
> definite article customarily drops out of the mem of a Piel participle.
> It is similar, I believe, to the way the dagesh disappears from the
> prefixed pronoun of wayyiqtol verbs in Piel (i.e. wayqittel).  The idea
> is that the one word can only bear the strengthening of one consonant,
> and the thematic strengthening of Piel wins.
>
> Shalom,
> Bryan
>
> Yigal Levin wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > Assuming that the initial letter he in the first word of this verse is 
> > the definite article, can anyone tell me why there is no dagesh in the 
> > mem that follows it?
> >
> >
> > Thank you,
> >
> > Yigal
>
>
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