[Mesorah] ham'chadesh, ham'vorach, ...

[Michael Poppers]

> Gesenius sees the mem after the article as having a "virtual dagesh", 
and so it acts grammatically as if it had a dagesh (the shewa is na') but 
is not pronounced as a doubled consonant. (He applies this to the other 
exceptins as well and theorizes that in these cases the actual 
pronunciation had lost the doubling and so the Masoretes did not record 
dagesh.). <
What does Gesenius say about the situation that Hanau referred to as 
"t'nua' qalla" and modern grammarians label as "sh'va beinoni" or "sh'va 
m'racheif"?  Thanks.

All the best from Michael
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