Activity for DonielF
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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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) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| 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) |
— | over 3 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) |
— | over 3 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) |
— | over 3 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) |
— | over 3 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) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| Comment | Post #277108 |
I wouldn’t’ve thought there’d be a problem. ‘Twasn’t right? (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |
| 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) |
— | over 3 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) |
— | over 3 years ago |