Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>]

I NEVER said roots! I said "base morpheme". Which I explained is the 
part of the word found between the prefix(es) and suffix(es).
So his response perfectly answered my question.
In the "accepted" examples the words look identical in every way with 
the exception of variations in the dagesh - and the words have different 
meaning. Sometimes based on different roots - which is great!!!

If you still don't understand - don't worry about it - as my question 
has already been answered.

B"H
John Steven

K Randolph wrote:
> John:
>
> I haven’t tried to answer your question, because you seem to have two
> different ones wrapped up in one set of words.
>
> When you asked:
>
> “So my question is what it is: Does the addition of a dagesh(es) into the
> "base" of the word change the meaning the of "base" of the word?”
>
> Do you mean root? If so, then the answer is “No”. The dagesh in and of
> itself never changes the meaning.
>
> But when you accepted the answer:
> “> qinnim "nests/compartments" Gen 6:14
> “> qinim "lamentations" Ezekiel 2:10
> “>
> “gn6:14,6 <QIN.IYM> - Common Noun, Masculine Plural of <Q"N>
> “ek2:10,10 <QINIYM> - Common Noun, Feminine Plural of <QIYNFH>
> “
> “This is EXACTLY what I am asking for!!!!!! Everything is identical
> graphically except for a variation in the dagesh marks - and they have two
> different meanings. in fact they are even two different lemmas!
> “THANK YOU!!!!
> “THANK YOU!!!!
> “THANK YOU!!!!”
>
> Here we are dealing with two completely different roots which happen to have
> similar derivative forms (exactly the same in an unpointed text) where the
> dagesh does not change the meaning of the words in question, rather it is
> merely a pointer that there are different roots involved. So how does this
> answer your question? If the dagesh in one of these examples did not change
> any meaning, how does it answer your question above?
>
> How does this example answer your question? I don’t understand. Do you
> really understand yourself what you are asking? How is this different from
> any other examples where words from different roots have similar to the same
> spellings (homographs) in derivative forms?
>
> Karl W. Randolph.
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