[Mesorah] l'haalos ner tamid

[Michael Hamm]

I'm not sure whether I mentioned this on this list the last time it came 
up, but don't think so.  (Are there archives anywhere?)  The baal k'ria in 
my shul read "l'haalos, ner tamid" instead of "l'haalos ner, tamid", 
switching the mer'cha and tip'cha.  *If* "tamid" can be an adjective, then 
that error seems to me to change the meaning of the phrase from "to raise 
a lamp constantly" to "to raise a constant lamp", so, I'm guessing, would 
be correctable.  Is "tamid" an adjective, though?  And, if so, is my 
analysis right?

Kol tuv,

Michael Hamm
AM, Math, Wash. U. St. Louis
msh210 at math.wustl.edu                Fine print:
http://www.math.wustl.edu/~msh210/ ... legal.html