- The
mappiq (מַפִּיק mapík; also mapiq, mapik, mappik, lit. "causing to go out") is a
diacritic used in the
Hebrew alphabet. It is part of the Masoretes'...
-
consonant is
rarely indicated by a
special marking,
hamza in
Arabic and
mappiq in
Tiberian Hebrew. In
later Semitic languages,
aleph could sometimes function...
- (sometimes) that a
consonant is
single and not double; or, as the
opposite to a
mappiq, to show that the
letters ה or א are
silent (mater lectionis). The rafe...
- functions, the
mappiq and the shuruk, are
visually identical to the
dagesh but are only used with
vowel letters. The
dagesh and
mappiq symbols are often...
- dot is a
shuruk and
otherwise it is a vav with a
dagesh or a
mappiq. Furthermore, the
mappiq only
appears at the end of the word and only in the letter...
- is
geminate or unspirantized, and a
raphe indicates spirantization. The
mappiq indicates that ה is consonantal, not silent, in syllable-coda position...
- can be used. A pataḥ on a
letter ח, ע, or הּ (that is, ה with a dot (
mappiq) in it) at the end of a word is
sounded before the letter, and not after...
- sin-dot and shin-dot, the
letter "ש" (sin/shin) is used. 3 The dagesh,
mappiq, and
shuruk have
different uses, but the same
graphical representation,...
-
pronunciation and not
consistent in the
spoken language. Note 3: The dagesh,
mappiq, and
shuruk have
different functions, even
though they look the same. Note...
- Nonetheless, it does
receive a
marking identical to the dagesh, to form Hei-
mappiq (הּ).
Although indistinguishable for most
modern speakers or
readers of...
