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<DIV>Although I know nothing at all about these matters I checked with a leading
expert who emailed me the following:</DIV>
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<DIV>"a quick check shows that the only correct reading here is veshilam, with
<BR>patah under the lamed.<BR>(this is a piel form).<BR><BR>this is the reading,
e.g. in the well-known Leningrad codex of 1008 C.E.<BR>it is also the reading in
Breuer's editions of the tanakh.<BR><BR>(it can also be found in many "standard"
editions, such as the miqraot <BR>gedolot of 1525;<BR>the warsaw edition of
1860; etc).<BR><BR>the printer who printed veshileim, with zeireh under the
lamed, was clearly <BR>influenced by the<BR>"standard" form that most people are
familiar with. he was also possibly <BR>influenced by the form<BR>earlier in the
chapter 5:16 - veshilaeim."</DIV>
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<DIV>Joseph Kaplan<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>