[Avodah] V'Shilam vs. V'Shileim

[Joseph C. Kaplan]

Although I know nothing at all about these matters I checked with a leading expert who emailed me the following:

"a quick check shows that the only correct reading here is veshilam, with 
patah under the lamed.
(this is a piel form).

this is the reading, e.g. in the well-known Leningrad codex of 1008 C.E.
it is also the reading in Breuer's editions of the tanakh.

(it can also be found in many "standard" editions, such as the miqraot 
gedolot of 1525;
the warsaw edition of 1860; etc).

the printer who printed veshileim, with zeireh under the lamed, was clearly 
influenced by the
"standard" form that most people are familiar with. he was also possibly 
influenced by the form
earlier in the chapter 5:16 - veshilaeim."

Joseph Kaplan
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