I just want to add that I consider the bestowing upon the dagesh the
role of MA-DGIY$, 'emphasizer', a terminological farce.
Isaac Fried, Boston University
On May 14, 2012, at 4:42 PM, Isaac Fried wrote:
9. The reasonable (I am not the only one thinking so) assumption that
the dagesh preceded the niqud explains EVERY facet of the enigma of
the dagesh neatly, completely, and logically.