Peter,Thank you, Jason. I had not seen this rule so explicitly. You are probably right.
There does not have to be a dagesh in the first lamed because of the VOCAL
SH'VA underneath it. Remember that the letters $&CSQNMLWY do not /have/ to
carry a dagesh when they have a vocal sh'va under them (reference page 107
of Weingreen's grammar, note N.B. (1) at the top of the page: "The Dagesh
Forte which is characteristic in the 2nd root-letter is sometimes absent in
certain forms. The second example B.iQ."$ happens to be one of these verbs,
when the medial root-letter Q is vowelless, i.e. when it has a shewa: the
3rd pl. Perf. B.iQ.:$W. is found as B.iQ:$W. [with a rafe above the Q], the
doubling of the medial root-letter having been ommitted for euphony...."
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