[Mesorah] two questions

[Michael Hamm]

MH:
> In Noach, the word "ale-zayis" (8:11) has the following note in the
little m'sora: "6 b'atrophy". What does this mean, please? <

R'MP:
> If you mean, "What does 'zayin b'trophe' mean?" I thought it referred to the ta'am being associated w/ the zayin in "alei-zayis," but maybe it's referring to one of seven instances of something-or-other?<

Oh, I thought it was a vav.  (Small type.)  Is that what "b'atrophy"
usually means?  (I'm deliberately spelling it like an English word.
It was spelled bes aleph tes resh vav fe yod.)

Michael Hamm