To summarize, dāg̱ēš lene is a dot written in the letters בּ, גּ, דּ, כּ, פּ, and תּ to indicate that they are stops (hard letters), when no vowel sound immediately precedes the letter. Dāg̱ēš forte (strong dot) may appear in any letter except the gutturals and ר to indicate doubling. In actual pronunciation, the letter is strengthened, but it is conventional to refer to it as doubling even though the letter is not pronounced twice. In contrast to dāg̱ēš lene, dāg̱ēš