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Title: English has letters with two pronunciations, for example, the letter c in city and cat, or the th" i


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English has letters with two pronunciations, for
example, the letter c in city and cat, or the
th" in this and thing.There are six letters
that had two pronunciations when Aramaic was
spoken. These letters are referred to by the
mnemonic begadkefat.

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b g d k p t? ? ? ? ? ?
  • These letters (technically) have TWO
    pronunciations.
  • In some cases, an English hearer can detect the
    difference between pronunciations in other cases
    they cannot.
  • The different pronunciations are marked with a
    DOT in the letter called a DAGHESH LENE or
  • weak daghesh

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? ??
Hard b as in boy
soft b v

4
? ??
g as in get
Still sameg sound no difference

5
? ??
d as in dog
Still samed sound no difference

6
? ??
k as in kite
ch sound as in Bach

7
? ??
p as in pot
ph or f sound as in phone

8
? ??
t as in toe
Still same t sound

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A second kind of daghesh
  • the DAGHESH FORTE or
  • strong daghesh

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The weak daghesh already learnedmakes some
letters soft
  • The strong daghesh
  • doubles the letter it is in

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Weak daghesh ONLY goes in begadkefat letters
  • Strong daghesh can go in ANY letter
  • EXCEPT
  • Gutturals - ? ? ? ?
  • and ?

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How can you tell the difference?
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Which kind of daghesh?
  • ?????????
  • ????????
  • ????????
  • ????????

weak
strong
weak
strong
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