[Avodah] neged pshat?: maiseh reuvein v. Gm Shabbas

[Elazar M. Teitz]

      The question was asked, "Any thoughts why the chumash uses the phrase vyk ET Bilhah (and not vyk IM Bilaha)?"
      One answer is because in reference to people, "es" is at least as common as "im."  It is the form used exclusively in the parsha of arayos in K'doshim; it is the form used in the sh'vuah of a sotah.  
     Both forms are used, seemingly interchangeably, in the parsha of b'nos Lot. The Malbim gives an explanation there, and in Metzora Siman 166, for the difference between the forms.
EMT 
 
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