[Mesorah] v'koyai vs v'kovei

[Michael Poppers]

v'qoYEI

A theory re the tzeire being printed by some publishers under the vav can
be found here
<https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/leining/aeDqD0bqF8E/QhqoLrvgaHQJ>.

On Sun, Oct 29, 2017 at 12:43 AM, Avram Sacks via Mesorah <
mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> OK, dikduk mavens, please solve this mystery (at least for me):
>
> From the haftara for Lech L'cha, the pasuk in Yishayahu 40:31 begins with
>
> וקוי
>
> How is this pronounced?
>
> Literally, seconds before I was about to chant the haftara this morning,
> one of our shul's premier ba'alei kriah approached and asked how I
> pronounced this.   Having just discovered the conundrum on leil shabbat, I
> was hoping no one would pay attention.    That was not to be.
>
> There is a sh'va under the first vav, a cholem vav and a tzeirei that
> appears under the yud in two sources I checked, including the Koren Tanach.
>   However, I have a Mikraot Gedolot that displays the tzeirei under the
> second vav.   That Mikraot Gedolot is based on a photographic reproduction
> of the Warsaw edition from 5622 - 5626.
>
> The root is kuf  - vav - heh .   Thus, one might expect that the vav
> should be enunciated.   However, if so, one would expect the tzeirei to be
> under the vav.
>
> The Mikraot Hagedolot Ha-keter, which is the Bar Ilan version, online, has
> the tzeirei under the yud.  All that Radak has to say about this (if I
> understand him, correctly), is that this is written with only one yud, that
> it is the "po-el" form, and that the second yud for the plural form is
> missing as written, but remains in pronunciation.
>
> The Mechon-Mamre online Tanakh, which, supposedly is based on the Aleppo
> Codex, also has the tzeirei under the yud.
>
> So, how is this word pronounced?
>
> Avi
>
> Avram L. Sacks
> Skokie, IL
>
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