[Avodah] Onkelos on the word "es"

[Micha Berger]

On Wed, Apr 23, 2025 at 06:54:00PM -0400, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> I just noticed that in Shmini 11:13-19, Onkelos usually leaves the word
> "es" (aleph tav) untranslated. I don't recall ever seeing this before. Any
> idea why he generally translates it (as "yas", yod tav) in almost the whole
> Chumash, but not here?

Usually "es" comes after a verb, to distinguish the object of a sentence
in contrast to the subject.

Notice there is a "yas ilein" before the list of non-kosher species of
birds as well as the verb, "Veyas ilein teshaqtzun". Unlike the list
of non-kosher species of mammals. So the "ilein - these" gets a "yas",
and perhaps that's why the list itemizing the "these" doesn't have to?

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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