[Mesorah] Wikipedia and the name "Israel"

[MPoppers at kayescholer.com]

> I do suspect that anyone who was even a moderate knowledge of Hebrew 
will understand that whereas the letters "kaf" and "khaf" are 
interchangeable for purposes of translating, this is emphatically not 
true of "sin" and "shin", which must be treated as independent of 
each other for translation purposes, despite the fact that they use 
the same glyph when nekudos are omitted. <
"Sin" and "shin" are interchangeable in T'hilim 119 (p'suqim 161-168) and 
in Eichah 3 (p'suqim 61-63), just to name two sources.  I don't think this 
list's member will disagree with the interpretation of the verse in 
question (and, just for starters, you could note RaShY on 1-32:29, d'h' 
"lo Ya'aqov," with its "s'rarah" and reference to Hosheia' 12:5), but at 
least in Wiki land if not elsewhere, best IMHO to be inclusive & friendly 
than to impose daled-amos facts.

Shabbas Shalom and all the best from your neighbor,
Michael Poppers * Elizabeth, NJ, USA
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