[Mesorah] Eisevei and Meisevei

[Richard Wolpoe]

On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:47 PM, Michael Kopinsky <mkopinsky at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 7:12 AM, SBA <areivim at sba2.com> wrote:
>
>> A friend wants to know,
>> what is the difference between 'eisevei' and meisevei'?
>
>
> Is it just that eisevei means "it was asked" and meisevei means "he asked?"
> IIRC, Meisevei is often (though not always) followed by the name of an amora
> (meisevei abaye l'rava), but I don't think eisevei is.
>
> Michael
>
>
A masiv or meis'vei or an Esevei ALWAYS implies asking a question from a
SUPERIOR sources e.g. From a Mishnaor  Braissa on an Amorah [sometimes even
from a passuk]

as opposed to two other types of questions viz.::

   1. A Rami urminhu etc. is asking from an EQUALLY authoritative source
   2. A Maskif is a qustion from logic


Source: Feigenbaum's guide on the Talmud- i.e. the one with the blue cover
I highly recommend his book.

As far as the exact grammar of Eiseivei vs. Mesievei I am nto clear but I
would assume it is probably 1st person vs. 3rd person or something similar
while "massiv" is AFAIK  a simple 3rd person singular past tense

I hope this helps!

-- 
Kol Tuv / Best Regards,
RabbiRichWolpoe at Gmail.com
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