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

[Yitzchak M. Gottlieb]

On Jun 11, 2008, at 11:26 PM, Richard Wolpoe wrote:

> And what about halevi'im in this weeks' Sidra?
> Sheva na [afaik] but NO Dagesh in the lamed!
> The Gaya separates the hei hayedi'ah in such a way that it is  NOT   
> hal-vi'im but  ha'levi'im
> but there is still no dagesh.


The mesorah notes that הלוים (halvi'im) almost never has a  
געיא (ga'ya).  See Breuer's texts. It's a שוא נח (sh'va  
nach).  Also see Breuer's explanation of געית הא (Gayat He).

Zuki

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Yitzchak M. Gottlieb
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