Biblical Hebrew Forum

[David Kummerow <farmerjoeblo AT hotmail.com>]

Hi John,

Not sure what you mean by "base morpheme".

But in the example, you cannot remove dagesh from the prefixed morpheme 
without altering the meaning. The morpheme /ha-/ is interrogative; the 
morpheme /haC-/ is definite article. If you remove the dagesh from the 
morpheme, you no longer have the definite article.

Regards,
David Kummerow.

> So back to the popular example:
>
> <H:A/$OM"R> vs <HA/$.OM"R>:
> <$OM"R> = Qal Participle Masculine Singular
> <$.OM"R> = Qal Participle Masculine Singular
>
> So in the above example the presence/absence of the graphic dagesh in 
> the base morpheme has no affect on the meaning of the morpheme - as they 
> are both Qal Participle Masculine Singular.
>
> Are there any cases where the presence/absence of the graphic dagesh in 
> the base morpheme affect the meaning of the base morpheme?
>
>
> B"H
> John Steven