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 ====== Dagesh Forte ======
+===== The Strong (Doubling) Dagesh =====
+See [[dagesh|Types of Dagesh]].
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+<wrap big :he>בּגּדּזּטּיּכּלּמּ
+נּסּפּצּקּרּשּתּ</wrap>
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 ===== In Non-Guttural Letters =====
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 The **Dagesh Ḥazaq** (Hebrew), "Strong Dagesh", "Doubling Dagesh", or **Dagesh Forte** (Latin, more commonly used in grammars) is used to indicate doubling (gemination) of a consonant, which also means that it form the ending of a closed syllable with the preceding consonant and vowel, in addition to acting as the beginning a new syllable.
-Letters which can take a Dagesh Forte include any of the BGDKPRT letters (but rarely Resh, as it is often treated as a guttural), and most of the other letters as well:
+Letters which can take a Dagesh Forte include any of the non-final (non-[[sofit]]) BGDKPRT letters (but rarely Resh, as it is often treated as a guttural), and most of the other (non-[[sofit]]) letters as well:
 [[zeyin]], [[tet]], [[yod]], [[lamed]], [[mem]], [[nun]], [[samek]], [[tsadi]], [[qof]], [[shin]].
 A **Dagesh Forte** can only exist in a medial position; it cannot begin or end a word.
+When [[transliteration|transliterating]] a letter with a Dagesh Forte, it should be written twice.
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