<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>
<META content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII" http-equiv=Content-Type>
<META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 9.00.8112.16450"></HEAD>
<BODY style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt" id=role_body
bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 rightMargin=7 topMargin=7><FONT id=role_document
color=#000000 size=2 face=Arial>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial>From: Juno <gershon.dubin@juno.com><BR><BR>What is the
difference between hoshana and hoshia na?<BR><BR>Gershon<BR><A
href="mailto:gershon.dubin@juno.com">gershon.dubin@juno.com</A></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>>>>>></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>An extra syllable. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I do not mean that as a joke. Extra syllables make a difference in
poetry. Tehillim is poetry. No time to look now but there are many
examples of words that are either lengthened or unnaturally foreshortened in
Tanachic poetry. It's not only the meaning but the mellifluous melodious
movement of the mouth that matters in poetry.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>I can also find you a place where Metzudas Dovid explicitly says that
certain words were chosen because of their sound, but it's too close to Shabbos
right now.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV></DIV>
<DIV><FONT lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><BR><STRONG>--Toby
Katz<BR>=============</STRONG><BR><BR><BR><BR>-------------------------------------------------------------------
</FONT></DIV></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE
style="BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px"><FONT
lang=0 color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10"><FONT
style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" color=#000000 size=2
face=Arial><BR></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>