Biblical Hebrew Forum

[George Athas <George.Athas AT moore.edu.au>]

"Smudging"?


GEORGE ATHAS
Moore Theological College (Sydney, Australia)
www.moore.edu.au


From: Isaac Fried <if AT math.bu.edu<mailto:if AT math.bu.edu>>
Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:12:11 -0400
To: Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com<mailto:pporta7 AT gmail.com>>
Cc: B-Hebrew <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org<mailto:b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>>, 
"Nir cohen - Prof. Mat." <nir AT ccet.ufrn.br<mailto:nir AT ccet.ufrn.br>>
Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] A question for Isaac Fried

By the way, the new "official" common wisdom now, concerning the
dagesh after HA-, is that it is not there to "remind the reader" of a
missing L (as in Arabic), or a missing N (as in "Phoenician"), but
rather to "preserve" the patax from smudging.