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Re: [b-hebrew] Dot in Aleph - is it a Dagesh or a Mappiq?

From: Petr Tomasek <tomasek AT etf.cuni.cz>
To: Brak <Brak AT neo.rr.com>
Cc: b-hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Dot in Aleph - is it a Dagesh or a Mappiq?
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2009 11:15:31 +0200

On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 10:06:26PM -0500, Brak wrote:
> Just as the subject says, when there is a dot in the Aleph it is a
> Dagesh or a Mappiq?
>
> B"H
> John Steven

It is mappiq and is very rare (Lev 23:17; Gen 43:26; Ezr 8:18; Hiob 33:21):
three time from the root בוא to assure and once from ראה, that the א is read.

P.T.

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[b-hebrew] Dot in Aleph - is it a Dagesh or a Mappiq?, Brak, 06/11/2009
- Re: [b-hebrew] Dot in Aleph - is it a Dagesh or a Mappiq?, Petr Tomasek, 06/17/2009