[Avodah] Pshat in a word in Parashat Tzav

Henry Topas via Avodah avodah at lists.aishdas.org
Fri Apr 7 07:24:34 PDT 2017


> Vayikra 6:21 has the phrase v'im b'lich nechoshet bushala which RSRH
> translates as "if it be cooked in a copper vessel".

> Question: I would normally expect the word "bushala" to end with a mapik
> heh under my understanding and also be milera.

Upon reviewing the pshat in the word "bushala", it is possible that
my understanding was incorrect and the structure would be similar to
"yochLUha" where the translation of the suffix in both cases is "it"
as opposed to "its" and thus not requiring a mapik heh.

Shabbat Shalom,
HT



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