[Avodah] [Mesorah] Fwd: Chad Gadya

[Ira L. Jacobson]

At 02:32 10-04-19  -0400, Micha stated:

>In Chad Gadya, we say Shelosha Avot and Arba (not Arba'a) Imahot because
>Avot is male and Imahot is female. Yet the text reads Asara Dibraya and
>shlosha Asar Midaya even though Dibra/Dibrot and Mida/Midot are female.
>Has any one seen a discussion related to this Dikduk Problem? Are the
>rules in Aramaic different?

In Hebrew, the singular of dibrot, as in aseret 
hadibrot, is dibber.  And from the use of aseret 
you can know that dibber is a masculine noun.

HTH




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