[Mesorah] Goy Gadol? or Gadol Atzum?

[Michael Poppers]

One might consider the association of "gadol" with "goy" stronger than that
of "atzum" or "rav" with "goy" just because there's a *tipcha* on "gadol"
[the first of the three adjectives] -- in listing a series of three
adjectives, with the strongest *mafsiq* of the phrase (noun and its
adjectives) on the third adjective, the Torah could have graced the second
[and third] rather than the first [and third] with *mafsiqim*, e.g.
Deu 10<http://www.mechon-mamre.org/c/ct/c0510.htm>
:17.

Gut Voch/Shavu'a Tov and all the best from
*Michael Poppers* * Elizabeth, NJ, USA


On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 2:14 PM, Kenneth Miller <kennethgmiller at juno.com>wrote:

> Devarim 26:5, "Vayhi sham l'goy gadol atzum v'rav"
>
> What's the best way to parse the "gadol"? Is it closer to goy or to atzum?
> I do see "goy gadol" with mercha-tipcha, which I usually understand to be a
> joined phrase, but it's always good to check.
>
> Here's why I ask: The Hagada has separate paragraphs for perushim on
> "goy", "atzum", and "rav", but not for "gadol". In my experience, it is
> lumped together with "atzum", but that's not necessarily so.
>
> "An Exalted Evening" (by Rabbi Menachem Genack, based on the teachings of
> RYB Soloveitchik) pg 67 fills three whole paragraphs, explicitly on the
> phrase "goy gadol". It's very nice, and I recommend it to others, but
> before I say it over at my Seder, I wanted to double-check how it holds up
> to the trop.
>
> Thanks!
> Akiva Miller
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