Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Charles Grebe <cgrebe AT briercrest.ca>]

Hi everyone,

 

I have a question about the dagesh lene that perhaps someone can help me
with.

 

In Genesis 28:4, the word "blessing" (birchat avraham) has a dagesh lene
in the caph. This is what I would expect. Birchat word starts with a
closed syllable (bir) and so the shewa under the resh is silent, and so
the begadkefat letter caph takes the dagesh lene.

 

In Genesis 33:11, the word "my blessing" (birchatay) does not have a
dagesh lene in the caph. I assume that this must be because the shewa is
vocal and therefore the hireq under the bet must be long and the first
syllable must be open. Is that correct or is there another reason why
the dagesh lene would be missing?

 

Thanks,

 

 

 

Charles Grebe 

Director of Distance Learning 

Briercrest College and Seminary 

Saskatchewan, Canada

 

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