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<p>And the word is also a q'ri and k'tiv.</p>
<p>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.<br>
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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font style="font-size:11pt" face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> David and Esther Bannett <dbnet@zahav.net.il><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 17, 2017 2:29 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sholom Simon; Mandel, Seth; Mesorah AishDas List<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Micha Berger; Lori Linzer; debbyhowarth@aol.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: aleph with a dagesh</font>
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<div><font size="+1">As there is a semi-ancient tradition that I add a two-cent comment to various posts, I'll do it again.<br>
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It has been mentioned in numerous posts that there are four words in the Tana"kh with an aleph degusha.<br>
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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.<br>
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