[Mesorah] Rahbbee vs. Ribbi Danniyel 2:48

[Mandel, Seth via Mesorah]

Not just when "something happens." In most languages there are verbs of state, such as "it smells bad." But Zev is absolutely correct, that in this pasuq "rabbi" is a verb. 'Tis true, in English King James translates it as "Then the king made Daniel a great man" (and following him most English translations).  But in Aramaic, as in Hebrew, "made a great man" is one word.  In Esther 3:1, the Hebrew equivalent is translated "After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman," although it could easily be translated "he made him a great man."


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel

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From: Mesorah <mesorah-bounces at lists.aishdas.org> on behalf of Zev Sero via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 8:50 AM
To: Akiva Miller; mesorah at aishdas.org
Subject: Re: [Mesorah] Rahbbee vs. Ribbi Danniyel 2:48

On 30/04/17 08:37, Akiva Miller via Mesorah wrote:
> You all realize that this pasuk is Aramaic, right? Is there a
> presumption that all the rules are the same in both languages?

In any language, a sentence in which something happens requires a verb.
In this sentence "rabi" is clearly that verb.

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Zev Sero                May 2017, with its *nine* days of Chanukah,
zev at sero.name           be a brilliant year for us all
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