[Mesorah] Fw: Re: Artza Kena'an:

[D&E-H Bannett]

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From: "D&E-H Bannett" <dbnet at zahav.net.il>
To: "SBA" <areivim at sba2.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2010 10:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Mesorah] Re: Artza Kena'an:


> The kaf has a dagesh because artza is mileil and this 
> makes the word pair fit into the category of either din 
> dachik or atei meirachik (or atei marchik). As I've 
> written a few times before, I never remember the details 
> of these rules that are mevatel the removal of the dagesh 
> and, as the experts also seem to differ, I never feel too 
> bad about not knowing which of the two rules is which. 
> Over the years, I've gone over the rules time and time 
> again. Even assuming that I understood them at the time of 
> reading, I never remember them and finally gave up. To 
> avoid being wrong, all I'll say is that one of the rules 
> applies. Pick your choose.
>
>
> David