[Mesorah] Heh Hayedia

[D&E-H Bannett]

I don't believe that there is an 'ayyin with a dagesh in the 
Torah or Tanakh. For that reason, the Hei hayedia before an 
'ayyin normally takes a kamatz with the 'ayyin having a 
chataf patach.

However there are exceptions to which the maggid shiur might 
have been referring:

There are words where the hei has a patach: ha'avirenu, 
ha'avot (ayyin bet vav tet), ha'anek.

There are also words with a sh'va nach under the 'ayyin: 
ha-'tiru, ha-'lem.



While on the subject, I thought about the hei hayedia before 
yud with sh'va such as hayladim, hayda'tem, hayvusi, and, in 
these weeks' parashot, hay-or  .  I remember, that in the 
chumash,  yud w/ sh'va after hei hayedia never has a dagesh. 
There are some 90 without the dagesh. But what about the 
rest of Tanakh.

So, I asked my keter CD and was told that:  In Nakh w/o 
dagesh, there are 5 in Yehoshua and approximately 80 from 
Shoftim to the end..  With dagesh, there are approx. 63 from 
Shoftim on. A lot are hayehudim, hayevanim.

Interesting?

David