26.10 SQiN eM LeVY consonants with Sheva may reject Dagesh Forte
- As we have mentioned previously, SQiN eM LeVY is a mnemonic for a group of letters that can reject a Dagesh Forte when the letter has a Sheva
- S - שׁשּצס
- Q - ק
- N - נ
- M - מ
- L - ל
- V - ו
- Y - י
- As we saw in the paradigm tables, all verbs place a Sheva in \(V_2\) in P3fs, P3cp, (I/M)2fs, I3mp, (I/M)2mp, Pt(m/f)p, as well as frequently when there is a pronominal suffix
- The Piel stem places a Sheva in \(V_P\), in conjugations that have a preformative
- The Iwc places a Dagesh in the Imperfect Preformative
- So the י in DIwc3ms and DIwc3mp may lose the Dagesh
If you see a word that otherwise looks like a Piel but there is no Dagesh Forte where one is expected, you may have a SQiN eM LeVY consonant with a Sheva.