[Mesorah] malei de malei rule?

[Yitzchak M. Gottlieb]

On Jan 8, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Michael Poppers wrote:

> In Gn 41:26, "hatovos" twice is chaseir-chaseir; in Dt 6:10,  
> "v'tovos" (as well as "g'dolos") is chaseir-chaseir.  My Miqraos  
> G'dolos's M'sorah for the former pair says "hatovos: daled (i.e.  
> four instances), beis chaseir d'chaseir bliy' (twice chaseir- 
> chaseir; what is "bliy'"?);

As I recall, bliy' (בלי') stands for b'lishna (בלישנא).  I  
believe that it refers to the particular construct where there are  
other similar constructs. (On the other hand, it sometimes refers to  
the חומש [Humash]).

Zuki

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