Dagesh forte indicates a doubled consonant. The associated vowel point belongs to the second occurrence, the first occurrence having an implicit silent shewa; e.g., בִּקֵּשׁ (biqqesh). Dagesh lene is found only in the letters בגדכפת (begadkephat) when they begin a word or when they follow a silent shewa within a word; e.g., תִּכְתֹּב (tiktob). This is a very common phenomenon in Hebrew and (spoken) Arabic. For example, the article in Arabic is ʾal-, but is very frequently pronounced