[Mesorah] Yid-mu vs Yi-demu

[Gershon via Mesorah]

But one does not pronounce dagesh/no dagesh (well I don't) , one pronounces na/nach

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> On Jan 29, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Mandel, Seth <mandels at ou.org> wrote:
> 
> the real difference is in the dagesh.  With a dagesh, it is from the root d-m-m, meaning to be silent (and, of course, the shwa is na‘).  Without the dagesh, it is from the root d-m-h, meaning to be similar (and the sh'wa is silent).
> Cherchez la dagesh, which is in place of doubling.
> 
> Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
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> Can our learned membership opine on the Sheva in this word in the shiras hayam having a different meaning as na or nach?
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