[Mesorah] She'ata / Sha'ata
T613K at aol.com
T613K at aol.com
Tue Feb 21 08:59:35 PST 2012
In a message dated 2/21/2012, rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com writes:
Questions:
1. How do we explain
Ul'cha No'eh L'hodos
Ki v'cha Botochnu
Vs.
Umee domeh Lach
Modeem anachnu Lach
>>>>>
I'm really barely qualified to read, let alone to respond, to such an
august language list but I will say that my impression is that "lach" (when
addressing a male or specifically when addressing Hashem) is influenced by
Aramaic, and that in fact a lot of Aramaic has crept into Hebrew, just as
Hebrew and Yiddish have crept into our frum English. I'm saying this
tentatively, more as a question to the list than as an answer to your question.
I'm trying to remember whether we find this in Tehillim too -- which would
predate Aramaic influence from post-exilic times -- although even back then
Hebrew does seem to have been somewhat influenced by surrounding Semitic
languages. Maybe others here recall whether we find this in Tehillim or
elsewhere in Tanach, or do we find it only in later Rabbinic texts like the
siddur?
--Toby Katz
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