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[Pere Porta <pporta7 AT gmail.com>]

We have to carefully distingish two cases:

1. In nouns
2. In verbs

Case 1. In nouns:

There are three noun kinds (*) that keep the qamats of the basic noun when
they take the -K suffix:

Look for some examples at Ps 55:23; 1Sm 9:10; Gn 40:19

Here it is a qamats and sounds as vowel "a".


(*) If you wish to know the detailed list ask me (offlist?)

Case 2. In verbs.

There are two different cases:

A. The 3rd person singular masculine of "normal" verbs + K. Look for
samples in 1Sm 24:11; 2Sm 18:31; Pr 3:30.
It keeps the qamats of the basic verb form and therefore it sounds as vowel
"a"

B. Infinitives + suffix K
Here we have a qamats-hatuph and therefore it sounds as vowel "o". Look at
Ex 23:20 or at 1Sm 25:29

Kind regards from

Pere Porta
(Barcelona, Catalonia, Northeastern Spain)




> Oh, how true. I've fallen for that one before too. I must look for that
> missing dagesh lene! :)
>
> Charles Grebe
>
>
> It is not in a closed syllable, therefore it is a qamats. The schwa under
> the third bet is vocal (or at least medial) as indicated by the absence of
> a dagesh lene in the kaph.
>
>
> Donald R. Vance
>
>
>
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Pere Porta