• see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Hebrew letters. Begadkefat (also begedkefet) is the phenomenon of lenition affecting the non-emphatic...
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  • write") in Hebrew and Arabic: Note: The Hebrew fricatives stemming from begadkefat lenition are transcribed as "ḵ", "ṯ" and "ḇ", to retain their connection...
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    respectively, but later with d, t, ṭ, s, and ʿ. (Also note that due to begadkefat spirantization, which occurred after this merger, OAm. t > ṯ and d > ḏ...
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  • ף‎ צ‎ ץ‎ ק‎ ר‎ ש‎ ת‎  •  ﭏ‎‬ Features Abjad Mater lectionis Begadkefat Variants Cursive Rashi Solitreo Braille Numerals Gematria Numeration Ancillaries...
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    following the guttural is a begadkefat letter, e.g. תֵּחְבֹּל /taħbol/ ('you take in pledge'). This suggests that begadkefat spirantization was no longer...
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  • meaning related to writing (in Hebrew, a phonological process known as begadkefat, alters the quality of certain consonants when they follow a vowel, so...
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  • put Shimei to death. The Latin transliteration "Achish" represents the begadkefat (aspiration over a medial stop) in Aramaic and in post-Biblical Hebrew...
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  • romanizations of Hebrew, the macron below is typically used to mark the begadkefat consonant lenition. However, for typographical reasons a regular macron...
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    k p t/ underwent allophonic spirantization to [v ɣ ð x f θ] (known as begadkefat). The earliest Biblical Hebrew vowel system contained the Proto-Semitic...
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  • allophonic, as a consequence of a phenomenon of spirantisation known as begadkefat under the influence of the Aramaic language on BH/MH. In Modern Hebrew...
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  • types on Italian soil to [dʒ] in some varieties of Spanish. Apophony Begadkefat Chain shift Consonant mutation Germanic spirant law Grimm's Law High German...
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  • distinct phonemes: For a more in depth discussion of this phenomenon, see Begadkefat. Rendaku, meaning "sequential voicing", is a mutation of the initial consonant...
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    fricatives (/β/ and /ɣ/) in some phonetic contexts. This is similar to begadkefat in Hebrew and a similar allophony of intervocalic plosive consonants and...
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    being pronounced the same as the letter Samekh. The letters בגדכפת‎ (begadkefat) had two values each: plosive and fricative. The following are the most...
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  • most Lower Tyari, Barwari and Chaldean dialects, which is a carryover of begadkefat from the Ancient Aramaic period. In the Upper Tyari dialects, /θ/ is realised...
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    horizontal line written above the non-accentuated letters of בג״ד כפ״ת (Begadkefat), including the א in some cases, as on p. 54 in vol. 1 (on Genesis 32:28)...
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    Tamasheq in Algeria). A phenomenon comparable to what occurs in Hebrew (begadkefat) is observed in Djerba. The occlusives/plosives become fricatives after...
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  • haMa'arikh, on meteg in Hebrew cantillation, and Kelale BeGaDKaFaT on the begadkefat. A second edition, without the grammatical treatises, appeared at Vienna...
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    maintains distinctions that were lost in other oral traditions, such as the Begadkefat phenomenon and the pronunciation of shva na. In his book, Morag describes...
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