[Mesorah] aleph with a dagesh

[Mandel, Seth via Mesorah]

And the word is also a q'ri and k'tiv.

The k'tiv is with an aleph at the end, and, as is standard i the mss., the vocalization is that of the q'ri written on the letters of the k'tiv.  So it is clear that the dagesh does not really belong to the aleph, but to the q'ri, which is a he, and the word is ufishreh, "its meaning," and the dagesh is what most call a mappiq.


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel



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Subject: Re: aleph with a dagesh

As there is a semi-ancient tradition that I add a two-cent comment to various posts, I'll do it again.

It has been mentioned in numerous posts that there are four words in the Tana"kh with an  aleph degusha.

That is slightly incorrect because there are five, not four. The fifth is in Daniel 5:8. The word is l'fishrei with a dagesh in the final aleph.  True, this word is in Aramaic rather than Hebrew but it is certainly in the Tana"kh.


David
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