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The harder sound of the six Begadkephath letters, indicated by a Dageš lene, is to be regarded, according to the general analogy of languages, as their older and original pronunciation, from which the softer sound was weakened. The original hard sound is maintained when the letter is initial, and after a consonant, but when it immediately follows a vowel or Šewā mobile it is softened and aspirated by their influence, e.g. פָּרַץ‎ pāraṣ, יִפְרֹץ‎ yiphrōṣ, כֹּל‎ kōl, לְכֹל‎ lekhōl. Hence the Begadkephath take Dageš lene (1) at the beginning of words: (a) without exception when the preceding word ends with a vowelless consonant, e.g.… Learn Hebrew