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.