ששון מרגליות I think that the dot in the letter is an ancient, pre-niqud, sign to mark the vowels patakh, qubutz, khiriq. It is not needed in plene spelling. Indeed, we have the verbal pa'ul form KTUBOT כְּתוּבוֹת 'are written', spelled in Hebrew with a full U, a shuruk, following the first letter T, and indeed, with no dagesh in the letter B. On the other hand, כְּתֻבָּה KTUBAH, 'written marriage contract', plural: כְּתֻבּוֹת is written XASER, with a qubutz, and hence the "dagesh hazak" in the letter B. Isaac Fried, Boston University On Jun 26, 2013, at 6:43 AM, Sasson Margaliot wrote:
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