[Mesorah] no dagesh in b-k-sh

[Mandel, Seth]

In sooth, R. Michael has touched on a significant point that is important in the Masorah, but not treated in grammars.
Some words almost always lose the doubling when there is a sh'wa under the second letter of the root; some almost never do, and for many, it depends on the masorah.  B-Q-Sh always loses.  So, I believe, does the root H-L-L.  On the other hand, as simlar root, R-N-N, almost never does.
These belong in the category of hidden facts of the Masorah.  This issue is further complicated by the fact that some of these forms that lack the dagesh nevertheless have a sh'wa na‘, as shown as a hataf vowel in the Aleppo Codex (such as almost all instances of H-L-L), whereas B-Q-Sh never does.
The latter root has various mysteries associated with it that I once wrote about in a paper of long-ago, forgotten lore, and the chances of my resurrecting it are described by that Raven in Poe's poem.  However, I just would point out that here is a place where those interested in deep mysticism can find sufficient material to lead to a real discussion of the Mysteries of the Masorah.  Something that Yeivin has made possible with his book about the Aleppo Codex.

Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel

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Subject: [Mesorah] no dagesh in b-k-sh

Seemingly in Tanach most every piel verb with a three-letter root has
a dagesh in the second root letter.

(If exceptions exist where the second letter is an approximant (lamed
or yod or vav) or a nasal (mem or nun), that won't surprise me, as
IINM those exceptions also come up after he hay'dia.  I don't know
why, and I'd love to, but that's not my point now.)

B-k-sh ("seek") seems to be an exception: almost every instance of a
conjugation of bikesh, *in words in which the kuf has a sh'va*, has no
dagesh in the kuf.  How come?

Kol tuv,

Michael Hamm
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