Activity for DonielF
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| Comment | Post #279341 |
While the Spanish experts are here, what's up with the repeated verb *declarado* and *dicho*? There's only one verb outside the subordinate clauses, הגיד; if Spanish grammar requires that each object get its own verb phrase, why do they change the verb? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279341 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: What does "se" mean in Micah 6:8, "Ya se te ha declarado..."? Unlike the other answerer, I speak Hebrew well but not much Spanish. Hopefully between the two of us we can resolve this question sufficiently. The original Hebrew reads, >הגיד לך אדם מה טוב ומה ה׳ דרש ממך which I will translate as literally as possible as: >It has been told to you, Man, ... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #279340 | Initial revision | — | almost 4 years ago |
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A: Etymology of "son of a gun" According to Snopes, who knows what the true origin is. >The faintly derogative epithet “son of a gun” has been documented as part of the lexicon of the English language since 1708, but no one can really lay claim to knowing how it began or what the phrase originally signified. Numerous interestin... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #279056 |
Another potential resolution is that the Talmud is not meant literally. After all, historically we know the Phoenician script (what the Talmud calls "script of the Hebrews" as opposed to the modern "script of the Assyrians") was what was commonly used c. 1300 BCE. What is the non-literal intended mea... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279056 |
Now, it's not clear from this teaching _which_ prophets are the ones who reinstated these letters. I would not be surprised if it referred to the last of the prophets, in the era of Ezra the Scribe, traditionally c. 350 BCE but could plausibly be earlier depending on your resolution to the "missing y... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279056 |
The main teaching discussed there is that if you rearrange these five final letters, you get the abbreviation מנצפכ, short for מן צופיך — "from Your seers." The forms of these letters, in the conclusion of the discussion, were given with the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai (again, c. 1300 BCE), but ... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279056 |
Sorry, forgot this is Languages CD and not Judaism CD. By Sinai I refer to the giving of the Tablets on Mt. Sinai, traditionally dated c. 1300 BCE. The Talmud in several places (ex. [Tractate Megillah 2b-3a](https://www.sefaria.org/Megillah.2b.23-3a.3)) records a tradition that since the letters on t... (more) |
— | almost 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #279056 |
What of the Gemara that the ס and ם of the Luchos were miraculously suspended? Unless this change occurred pre-Sinai, the miracle would only have applied to ס. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #278105 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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Why is “timbre” pronounced “tamber”? One thing that’s always bothered me about the musical term timbre is its pronunciation. The word begs to be pronounced “timber,” yet it’s widely pronounced “tamber” instead. I understand the etymology of the word and why it’s spelled the way it is. My question is — why doesn’t the pronunciation m... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Edit | Post #277295 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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Why is it "pronunciation" and not "pronounciation"? Generally speaking, when adding a suffix to a word in English, while the last letter(s) may undergo changes to accommodate the addition, the rest of the word is left unchanged. As examples in that sentence alone – general/generally, speak/speaking, add/adding/addition, change/changes/unchanged. Th... (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277108 |
I wouldn’t’ve thought there’d be a problem. ‘Twasn’t right? (more) |
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| Comment | Post #277126 |
Take the root חנך. How would you theoretically construct an infinitive passive form out of its פועל and הפעיל forms which is distinct from להתחנך? (more) |
— | about 4 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277097 |
@Monica Primarily grammatical; the musical aspect only came later. I see no difference between asking about trop and asking about punctuation. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #277097 |
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| Edit | Post #277097 | Initial revision | — | about 4 years ago |
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Are questions on linguistics of "languages" like music, math, or coding on-topic? NB: I know very little about linguistics. What is a "language" that questions about it would be on-topic here? - Encyclopedia Britannica defines a language as "a system of conventional spoken, manual (signed), or written symbols by means of which human beings, as members of a social group and... (more) |
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