Mini-column this week. Same point will serve both davening and layning. The word MIKDASH, the stand-alone MIKDASH (with a KAMATZ under the DALET) and the connective MIKDASH (with a PATACH under the DALET), have a SH'VA NACH under the KUF and a DAGESH KAL in the DALET. The word would be broken into syllables as MIK and DASH. There is one exception to this form. In SHIRAT HAYAM, Sh'mot 15:17, …MIKDASH A-DONAI KONENU YADECHA... Notice that the KUF has a DAGESH CHAZAK in it, making its SH'VA a SH'VA NA. The DALET does not have a DAGESH KAL. The word is pronounced MIKK'DASH. The KUF is stressed, the DALET would be pronounced differently if we distinguished between the two forms of the letter, as the Teimanim do. MIQ-DASH and MIQQ'THASH (TH as in the). It's a small point, but this form of MIKDASH is unique. [The Parshat B'shalach Homepage]
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