[Mesorah] Shalom aleikhem

David E Cohen ddcohen at gmail.com
Sat Oct 21 09:58:24 PDT 2006


Rav EM Teitz asked:
> Third-person address is, I believe, the marker of respect in Tanach and
> the g'mara (Yavo hamlech, Mar hu d'amar). Where do we find the plural
> used in this manner?


See Ibn Ezra on "Elokim" in the first pasuk in the Torah.

Shavua` tov & chodesh tov,
D.C.




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