[Mesorah] vayichadd

[Mandel, Seth via Mesorah]

I was m'qattzer, but Iintended to answer Sholom's question.  The dagesh is qal, just as in

???????????, and the sh'wa is the same in both words. The underlying vowel of the chet is a sh'wa nach, which appears as a pasach because of the influence of the chet.



Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
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From: Michael Poppers <michaelpoppers at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2016 2:45 PM
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Subject: Re: [Mesorah] vayichadd

Forgive me, but I think Sholom was asking why the last letter had a dageish and a sh'va (both of which seem extraneous) and may have also been asking what type of dageish was in the daled.

The little I can contribute is an observation: I only recall seeing the phenomenon with BGDKFTh letters, so it seems like the dageish is "qal" and meant to distinguish the consonant's sound.  Strictly speaking, the sh'va [nach] may not be necessary, but it clarifies (if there was any doubt) that the consonant is to be pronounced.

On Sun, Jan 24, 2016 at 1:15 PM, Mandel, Seth via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org<mailto:mesorah at lists.aishdas.org>> wrote:
As an early rishon (IIRC, R Yonah ibn Jannah) said, this is basically the same form as ???????????

However, the sh'wa under the shin becomes a pasach under the influence of the chet.




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Subject: [Mesorah] vayichadd


Shemos 18:9 starts off with the word "vayichadd" -- the final dalet having a dagesh and a shva.

Apologies if this is a simple question: what is that?  Why does the word need that as an ending?

Shavua tov!

-- Sholom



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