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| Dagesh Kal | |
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Dagesh Kal or Dagesh Qal (דגש קל, or דגש קשיין, frequently also referred to as "dagesh lene" = "weak dagesh," or in other words "weak dot" as opposed to "strong dot" in the next section) may be placed inside the consonants ב bet, ג gimel, ד dalet, כ kaf, פ pe and ת tav. Historically, each had two sounds: one hard (plosive consonant), and one soft (fricative consonant), depending on the position of the letter and other factors. When vowel diacritics are used, the hard sounds are indicated by a central dot called dagesh, while the soft sounds lack a dagesh. In Modern Hebrew, however, the dagesh only changes the pronunciation of ב bet, כ kaf, and פ pe (traditional Ashkenazic pronunciation also varies the pronunciation of ת tav, and some traditional Middle Eastern pronunciations carry alternate forms for ד dalet).
With dagesh
Without dagesh
Symbol
Name
Transliteration
IPA
Example
Symbol
Name
Transliteration
IPA
Example
בּ
bet
b
/b/
bun
ב
vet
v
/v/
van
[1]כּ ךּ
kaph
k
/k/
kangaroo
כ ך
khaph
kh/ch/k
/χ/
loch
פּ
pe
p
/p/
pass
פ ף
phe
ph/f
/f/
find
תּ
tav
t
/t/
talent
ת
sav*
s
/s/
sale
* Only in Ashkenazi pronunciation. Tav without a dagesh is assumed to have been pronounced [θ] at the time niqqud was introduced. In Modern Hebrew, it is always pronounced [t].
** The letters gimmel (ג) and dalet (ד) may also contain a dagesh kal. This is believed to have indicated an allophonic variation of the phonemes /ɡ/ and /d/ at the time niqqud was introduced, a variation which no longer exists in modern Hebrew pronunciation. The variations are believed to have been: גּ=[ɡ], ג=[ɣ] or [ʝ], דּ=[d], ד=[ð][citation needed].
The Hebrew spoken by the Jews of Yemen still has unique phonemes for these letters with and without a dagesh.[2]
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| Pronunciation | |
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In Israel's general population, the pronunciation of some of the above letters has become identical to the pronunciation of others:
Letter(s)
pronounced like
Letter
ב
vet
(without dagesh) like
ו
vav
כ
khaf
(without dagesh) like
ח
chet
תּ
tav
or
ת
tav
(with or without dagesh) like
ט
tet
כּ
kaf
(with dagesh) like
ק
qof
This is much too curt and does not include all the details of the Beged Kefeth rules, nor does it include Temani versions.
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| Dagesh Hazak | |
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Dagesh Hazak or Dagesh Hazaq (דגש חזק, "strong dot" – i.e. gemination dagesh, or דגש כפלן, often referred to as "dagesh forte") may be placed in almost any letter, this indicated a gemination (doubling) of that letter in pronunciation in forms of Hebrew earlier than modern Hebrew. This phonemic variation is not adhered to in Modern Hebrew and is only used by current speakers of Hebrew in situations for careful pronunciation, such as reading of scriptures in a synagogue service, recitations of biblical or traditional texts or on ceremonious occasions, and then only by very precise readers.
The following letters, the gutturals, almost never have a dagesh: aleph א, he ה, chet ח, ayin ע, resh ר. (A few instances of resh with dagesh are Masoretically recorded in the Hebrew Bible, as well as a few cases of aleph with a dagesh, such as in Leviticus 23:17.)
The presence of a dagesh hazak or consonant-doubling in a word may be entirely morphological, or, as is often the case, is a lengthening to compensate for a deleted consonant. A dagesh hazak may be placed in letters for one of the following reasons:
1. The letter follows a definite article. For example, שָׁמָיִם shamayim "heaven(s)" in Gen. 1:8 becomes הַשָּׁמַיִם hashshamayim "the heaven(s)" in Gen 1:1. (Occasionally, the letter following a He used to indicate a question may also receive a dagesh, e.g. Num. 13:20 הַשְּׁמֵנָה הִוא "whether it is fat").
2. The letter follows the prefix mem- with the hirik vowel (i); where this prefix is an abbreviation for the word min, meaning "from". For example, the phrase "from your hand", if spelled as two words, would be מִן יָדֶךָ min yadecha. In Gen. 4:11, however, it occurs as one word: מִיָּדֶךָ miyyadecha.
3. It marks a missing double letter. For example, compare Ex. 6:7 לָקַחְתִּי lakachti with Num. 23:28, where the first letter of the stem has been elided: וַיִּקַּח vayyikkach.
4. If the letter follows a vav consecutive imperfect (sometimes referred to as vav conversive, or vav ha'hipuch), which, in Biblical Hebrew, switches a verb between perfect and imperfect. For example, compare Judges 7:4 יֵלֵךְ yeilech "let him go" with Deu. 31:1 וַיֵּלֶך vayyeilech "he went".
5. If it is a marker of the binyan. For example:
(a) It is placed in the first letter of the root of a word in the imperfect form in the binyan niphal;
(b) It is placed in the second letter of the root of a word in the binyan piel (e.g. Ex. 15:9 אֲחַלֵּק achalleik "I shall divide") or the binyan pual;
(c) It is placed in the second letter of the root of a word in the binyan hithpael, e.g Gen. 47:31 וַיִתְחַזֵּק vayitchazzeik, "he strengthened himself".
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| Rafe | |
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In Masoretic manuscripts the opposite of a dagesh would be indicated by a rafe, a small line on top of the letter. This is no longer found in Hebrew, but may still sometimes be seen in Yiddish and Ladino.
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| Meaning | |
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Israeli linguist Vadim Cherny argues that both dagesh kal and hazak represent the same phenomenon, namely a stop. In his theory, dagesh hazak is post-tonic stop that produces gemination of trailing consonants, and dagesh kal prevents consonantal clustering and thus blurring. Cherny asserts that dagesh kal is only pronounceable in cantillation, and the Masoretes intended it as a cantillation mark.
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| Unicode encodings | |
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In computer typography there are two ways to use a dagesh with Hebrew text. Here are Unicode examples:
Combining characters:
bet + dagesh: בּ בּ = U+05D1 U+05BC
kaf + dagesh: כּ כּ = U+05DB U+05BC
pe + dagesh: פּ פּ = U+05E4 U+05BC
Precomposed characters:
bet with dagesh: בּ בּ = U+FB31
kaf with dagesh: כּ כּ = U+FB3B
pe with dagesh: פּ פּ = U+FB44
Some fonts, character sets, encodings, and operating systems may support neither, one, or both methods.
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| Notes | |
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^ "ךּ" is rare but exists, e.g. last word in Deuteronomy 7 1 (דברים פרק ז׳ פסוק א׳) in the word "מִמֶּךָּ" – see here
^ "Vocalization of Hebrew Alphabet". http://sagavyah.tripod.com/ALEFBET.html. Retrieved 2008-06-09.
[edit] Tags:Hebrew Alphabet,Deuteronomy,Alphabet, | |
| Further reading | |
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Gesenius' Hebrew Grammar, §12, §13
M. Spiegel and J. Volk, 2003. “Hebrew Vowel Restoration with Neural Networks,” Proceedings of the Class of 2003 Senior Conference, Computer Science Department, Swarthmore College, pp. 1–7: Open Access Copy
[edit] Tags:Grammar, | |
| External links | |
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alanwood.com Hebrew
alanwood.com Alphabetic presentation
vadimcherny.org Dagesh is a stop
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