[Avodah] Eilah and Elu

[Micha Berger]

Tangent...

On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 04:09:56AM +0000, Toby Katz wrote:
: I think the difference might just be stylistic (like the difference
: between "lahem" and "lamo" which both mean "to them" except "lamo" is
: poetic)....

I don't know if it's that "lamo" is more poetic as much as it is used
when better fits the meter.

When the suffix is "-hem" it gets the emphasis. However, with "-mo",
it's the previous syllable that is emphasized. E.g., in Shemos 14:29
"vehaMMAyim laHEM choMAH", and a few pesuqim later "youkhLEImo kaQQAsh"
(where the capitalized syllable has the trop).

-Micha

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