1. General information

Dageš (דָּגֵשׁ då̄gēš) is a diacritical mark used in the Tiberian Masoretic pointing system of Biblical Hebrew and Biblical Aramaic. Dageš performs the same functions in texts in both languages, namely, to denote (i) doubling of a consonant (except for א ʿalef /ʾ/, ה he /h/, ח ḥet /ḥ/, ע ʿayin / ʿ/ and, with a few exceptions, ר reš /r/, and (ii) plosive pronunciation of the stops ב bet /b/, ג gimel /g/, ד dalet /d/, כ kaf /k/, פ pe /p/,…