[Mesorah] L'Mircham Olay (in B'rich Shmeih)

[Mandel, Seth via Mesorah]

You are correct.  In Aramaic l'mirham cannot mean "to have mercy."  That would be l'rahomo.

However, knowledge of Aramaic was almost nonexistant even among Rabbonim in the Medieval Period (and also nowadays), and Jews mixed up all sorts of form.  Look at the z'mira, Koh Ribbon ‘Olam, which is full of not only errors but even epikorsus in the way it is printed, even though a lot of it is direct quotations from Sefer Doniel, and the correct form could be determined just by opening a T'NaKh.


Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel

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Artscroll translates this l'mircham as "that You have mercy"

I have understood that in Aramaic l'ircham is to love‎.

See Jastow p. 1467.

As I read it Rocham in Hebrew is to have compassion on; to pity

While in Aramaic it means to Love.
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