[Mesorah] another grammar question

[Micha Berger]

On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 02:08:47PM -0500, Michael Hamm wrote:
: On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Micha Berger <micha at aishdas.org> wrote:
: > On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 10:46:22AM -0500, Michael Hamm wrote:
: > : Someone leining Ki Savo said (26:14) "v'lo nasati mimenu lames", with
: > : an Ashkenazi kamatz (not a patach) under the lamed of "lames" instead
: > : of the proper sh'va.
: <snip>
: > "Lameis" means "to the deceased", as opposed to the pasuq really talking
: > about "to a deceased". No?

: Does it?  With a kamatz?

I think it does, as La- with a qamatz means that elsewhere. The fact that
it's poor diqduq to boot... Well, "I throwing the ball" means something,
despite the grammatical flaw.

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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