The double-letter pairs (gemination)

There are 10 doubles remaining for which there are 0 roots beginning with these letter pairs: hh kk cc ll nn yy pp xx qq rr ww. But, except for qq and rr, these doubled letters occur as second and third letters of roots.

The phenomenon of doubling letters but not at the beginning of a word goes by the name of gemination.

hh also occurs as a prefix - both the definite article and the hiphil and in some roots but not as a first letter - 888 times in a word or a root. Here are some samples.

Root		Word	Gloss and Reference
hrmvn		hhrmonh	ההרמונה towards the Harmon Amos 4:3
hva		hhua	ההוא that Amos 8:9
nhh		nhi	נהי to moan Amos 5:16
ahh		ho	הו aye yai yai Amos 5:16
hr		hhr	ההר this hill Psalms 68:17
mhh		htmhmhti	התמהמהתי I would linger Psalms 119:60
+vb		hhi'tb	ההיטב is it good Jonah 4:4
hicl		vhhicl	וההיכל and the palace Nahum 2:7

kk occurs in some roots and words. (51)

xkk		xk	צח is dazzling Song 5:10
wkk		-twtokki	תשתוחחי be depressed Psalms 42:6
zkk		umzik	ומזיח and the dam of Job 12:21
prk		prkk	פרחח the brood Job 30:12
kvk		kk	חח bracelet Exodus 35:22
akk		-hak	האח the hearth Jeremiah 36:22

cc is also known. And occurs doubled when it is a prefix. (410)

aic		aicch	איככה why Song 5:3
crml		ccrml	ככרמל like Carmel Song 7:6
mlc		mlccm	מלככם your Moloch Amos 5:26
scc		sicut	סכות the booth of Amos 5:26
cl		ccol	ככל according to everything Joshua 21:44
scc		bsç	בסך undercover Psalms 42:5
cvcb		ccocbi	ככוכבי as the stars of Genesis 22:17

ll is frequent in roots and words including with the first being a prefix. (1,836)

lvi		llviim	ללוים to the Levites Nehemiah 13:22
yvll		yoll	עולל progeny Jeremiah 44:7
hlc		llct	ללכת to go Jeremiah 44:3
gll		gilulih	גלוליה her figurines Jeremiah 50:2
wll		-wollih	שלליה spoiling her Jeremiah 50:10
sll		soluh	סלוה extol her Jeremiah 50:26
gll		vgilgltiç	וגלגלתיך and roll you Jeremiah 51:25
kll		kllim	חללים the profaned Jeremiah 51:4
ill		hililu	הילילו howl Jeremiah 51:8
hll		thilh	תהלה praise Psalms 65:2
pll		tpilh	תפלה prayer Psalms 65:3

nn is frequent (1,167)

ain		ainnu	איננו none of us Jeremiah 44:16
knn		tkinti	תחנתי my supplication Jeremiah 38:26
hnh		hnni	הנני note me well Jeremiah 44:11
ynn		hynn	הענן of the cloud Deuteronomy 5:22
ynh		tynnu	תעננו you will answer us Psalms 65:6
rnn		trnin	תרנין to shout for joy Psalms 65:9

yy is frequent (801) as a root in ryy, but in a word it is rare (7).

rvy		htroyyi	התרועעי be jubilant Psalms 60:10
rvy		atroyy	אתרועע I will be jubilant Psalms 108:10
ryy		lhtroyy	להתרעע may lead to evil Proverbs 18:24
ryy		-mryy	מרעע injures Daniel 2:40
ryy		htroyyh	התרעעה is evil Isaiah 24:19
rvy		iroyy	ירעע shout of triumph Isaiah 16:10
rvy		itroyyu	יתרועעו they shout in triumph Psalms 65:14

pp (55)

spp		bsf	בסף in the doorway of 1 Kings 14:17
cpp		aicf	אכף and disturb myself Micah 6:6
kpp		kopf	חפף considered faultless Deuteronomy 33:12
app		appuni	אפפני I was enveloped 2 Samuel 22:5
+pp		v'tpof	וטפף mincing Isaiah 3:16
xpp		axpxf	אצפצף I did twitter Isaiah 38:14

xx(183)

rxx		hrxux	הרצוץ splintered 2 Kings 18:21
baxx		boxx	בוצץ Botsets 1 Samuel 14:4
qxx		bqxh	בקצה toward the end of Isaiah 7:18
nxx		lnixox	לניצוץ a spark Isaiah 1:31
rxx		rxux	רצוץ damaged Isaiah 42:3
kxxr		bkxoxrot	בחצצרות with the trumpets Ezra 3:10

rr(1,539)

brr		brh	ברה pure Song 6:9
mrr		mor	מר myrrh Song 3:6
xrr		xr	צר there will be trouble Amos 3:11
wr		worrç	שררך your navel Song 7:3
grr		groni	גרוני my gullet Psalms 69:4