[Mesorah] Bemidbar or Bamidbar? A proof name

[Micha Berger via Mesorah]

On 2016-06-06 11:34 am, Richard Wolpoe via Mesorah wrote:

> What does Sefer Hachinuch use?

במדבר, without niqud, no?

> What do the Masoretic notes say?

Don't they predate our parashah names? 

I'm missing something, like maybe a missing sarcmark, interrobang or
percontation mark? 

(Indicating sarcasm, surprise at the need to ask, or rhetorical
question, respectively.)

(See
http://mentalfloss.com/article/12710/13-little-known-punctuation-marks-we-should-be-using
for a fun list of proposals. With email and texting pushing people to
type as off-hand as they talk, we need something to fill in the role of
facial expression -- more such punctuation marks could do.)

_Tir'u baTov_!
-Micha

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