[Mesorah] An unusual form

[Yisrael Dubitsky]

No real answers to your question, but just to point out that Gesenius does
mention it (no real discussion) at
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page%3AGesenius'_Hebrew_Grammar_(1910_Kautzsch-Cowley_edition).djvu/239

and all 4 mentions are in BDB as well:
https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dictionary/6213 -- although I dont understand the
reason for the division into two parts



On Mon, Dec 2, 2019 at 8:23 PM Mandel, Seth via Mesorah <
mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:

> In Gen. 26:29 which we read last Shabbos it says
> *כט* אִם-תַּעֲשֵׂה עִמָּנוּ רָעָה, כַּאֲשֶׁר לֹא נְגַעֲנוּךָ, וְכַאֲשֶׁר
> עָשִׂינוּ עִמְּךָ רַק-טוֹב, וַנְּשַׁלֵּחֲךָ בְּשָׁלוֹם
> As you would expect, the Masorah notes that unusual form תַּעֲשֵׂה, and
> marks it with a dalet every one of the 4 times it appears in the T'NaKh.
> The first is missing in the Aleppo Codex, but the other good mss. in the
> first case all have not only the Dalet, but list all the cases in the
> Masorah Gedolah.
> Although the form appears correctly in all the Chumashim and T'NaKhs that
> I have, I do not recall it being pointed out to me when I was young, and I
> know that some ba'ak koyes are not aware of it.  This is just one example
> of the unusual forms noted in the Masorah, but ignored by grammar books
> because they do not fit the "rules" of grammar.  As you know, the Masorah
> is only interested in descriptive grammar, not prescriptive.
> I never was taught about this form, and only discovered it years later.  I
> cannot find it mentioned at all in Gesenius. BDB does have the form, but
> only in two of the occrurrences. Rosenstein/Even Shoshan lists all 4 places
> correctly.
> Since my education was lacking in this regard, I would like to ask the
> denizens of Mesorah the following:
> 1) Were you taught about the existence of this form? If so, where: in
> school or from someone teaching you to lein?
> 2) Are you aware of grammars that mention this form?
> 3) Are you aware of any chumashim or T'NaKhs that have an incorrect form?
>
> Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
>
>
> Legal Disclaimer
>
> The contents of this email and any attachments are intended solely for the
> addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged
> information. You must not use or disclose them other than for the purposes
> for which they were supplied. If you are not the intended recipient of this
> message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please
> immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete or destroy all
> copies of this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended
> recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or
> storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited and may
> be unlawful. Any privilege or confidentiality pertaining to this email and
> attachments is not waived by reason of mistaken delivery to you.
> _______________________________________________
> Mesorah mailing list
> Mesorah at lists.aishdas.org
> http://lists.aishdas.org/listinfo.cgi/mesorah-aishdas.org
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.aishdas.org/pipermail/mesorah-aishdas.org/attachments/20191203/d7bff5c9/attachment-0002.htm>