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  • From: Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>
  • To: Yitzhak Sapir <yitzhaksapir AT gmail.com>
  • Cc: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Any meaning to the Dagesh?
  • Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:05:34 -0500

Yitzhak,
You said: "If you don't want to deal with pronunciation, don't use terms that deal with pronunciation."
So what term do you suggest I use to describe the dots and dashes graphically found under the letters?
If the term "vowel" is incorrect, then what would be correct?
The last time I checked the proper term for these glyphs was "vowels". :)

I have made it clear that my concerns were NOT with pronunciation - but with what is GRAPHICALLY in the text. I don't care if the hataf patah and patah would/could/should be pronounced the same - they have two separate glyphs to represent them.

You said I didn't answer your questions.
I am not going to waste my time trying to justify the validity of my question to you. Please don't get made cause you don't like my question, or because you don't think its a valid or important question.

So again, in case I wasn't clear:
Is there any places in the text of the Hebrew Bible where the GRAPHIC presence/absence of the dagesh glyph ALONE causes a change in anything EXCEPT for the word's pronunciation?
If so, please cite some samples of this occurring.


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Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
On 2/22/09, Brak wrote:

I'm not
concerned that the adding of the dagesh is causing the vowel change - the
fact is that there is a vowel change. So when you say the only difference is
the dagesh you are wrong - as you have different vowels.

A vowel is an element of pronunciation. That is the primary meaning of the
English word "vowel." The two signs mark the same vowels. You may say
that there are two different vowel signs, but these are still the same vowel.
If you don't want to deal with pronunciation, don't use terms that deal with
pronunciation. Since you didn't answer any of my questions, which
were intended to help me answer your questions, I have no reason to
answer yours.

Yitzhak Sapir
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