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 Some limit the use of the Deḥîq to the closest connexion of a monosyllable with a following. However, it also applies to cases like ;  ;  ; and even with Rêš,  ;. In all these examples the tone, were it not for the Maqqēph, would be on the ultima of the first word.

Rem. 1. When has  after it, a Dageš forte conj. always follows, even if the next word is neither a monosyllable nor has the tone on the initial syllable; thus not only in , but also in  ,. In  (where Maqqēph is represented by a conjunctive accent,, 1 c, and ), the Seghôl coincides with the secondary tone-syllable. On the origin of ''Dag. f. conj. after (for ) what''?, see,.

2. Such cases as, the 2nd  in ver. ,  ver. ,  ver. , do not belong here. In these the can only be intended for ''Dag. lene'', see.

(2) In the first letter of a monosyllable, or of a word with the tone on the first syllable after a closely connected ending in  or. Such a milʿêl is called by the Jewish grammarians (Aram.=Heb. )  (in respect of the tone). The attraction of the following tone-syllable by Dageš forte conj. is here also due to the exigencies of rhythm, e.g. ;   (so ed. Mant., but Ginsburg and Kittel );  ;. The Milʿêl may, however, also be due to a subsequent retraction of the tone (nāsôg ʾaḥôr, ), as in .—The prefixes, ,  and  alone do not take a Dageš in this case, except in , always, and. Such forms as,  ,  , and even   (i.e. the cases where the tone is thrown back from the ultima on to the syllable which otherwise would have ), are likewise regarded as. On the other hand, e.g., not  since the first ā of  could not have. When words are closely united by the same rules apply as above, except that in the first word, in the secondary tone, takes the place of the accent, cf. ;, &c. Finally, the is used when the attracted word does not begin with the principal tone, but with a syllable having,  ;  ;  , provided that the second word does not begin with a  letter (hence e.g.  ).

Rem. Such cases as, and  , and  (so Baer, but not ed. Mant., &c.)  are therefore anomalous; also, because beginning with