[Mesorah] She'ata / Sha'ata

[Danny Levy]

I think that it's the Bochur Hazetzer who's to blame for attributing the
ungrammatical ush'vachacha to the Gra, an expert grammarian.

RCV's hassaga was on the Gra's reportedly saying "ush'vachecha b'yud
uv'segol", i.e. in the plural, which cannot be, he writes, because the verb
"lo yamush" is singular.  RCV writes that he listened carefully and heard
that the "peh kadosh" said "------ without a yud and with a chataf-patach".
 "------" is printed as "ush'vachacha" because the Bochur Hazetzer who
added the nikkud understood that he should only remove the yud of
ush'vachecha and change the segol to a chataf patach.  But "v'shivchacha"
fits into "-------" just as well and is of course what RCV meant and what
he heard the Gra to have said.

Danny Levy

2012/2/21 R. Rich Wolpoe <rabbirichwolpoe at gmail.com>

> I believe it's the contention of the Gra that the root word should be
> shevacha, rather than shevach.  The possessive versions follow.
>
> Gershon»
>
> R Chaim Volozhoner has 2 hassagos on Maaseh Rav.  This is one. The other
> is re:  Zecher.
>
> So How did the GRA himself hold? I'm not sure.  But  imho this case has a
> documented rei'usah, and it's possible that we are not even sure how he
> really held.
>
> Im kein imho, ein safeik motzi midei vadday.
>
> But if you have this as your Minhag already, then keep it.  My objection
> is only to evangelizing it to others.
>
>
> Shalom and Regards, RRW
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