[Mesorah] Another kleinigkeit

[Aharon Gal]

I was not able to find in the Bible Adonai Molach (מָלַךְ) with Kamatz and Patach. Only מָלָךְ Kamatz Kamatz, not only when it is at the end of a verse.
When the Tanach writes about men, then it is Kamatz and Patach (מָלַךְ), unless it is at Sof Pasuk or Etnachta.
Is it possible that the Kamatz Kamatz is because it is about God?

Aharon

> On Jul 1, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Mandel, Seth via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
> 
> I have seen places that mention "the verse "God rules, God ruled, God will rule." But many denizen of Mesorah already know that that is a falsity: there is no such pasuk (althoug most people think it is a pasuk). Anywhere. The sentence is found in davening, including some of the oldest parts, so it was composed by Chazal.  But it is actually drawn from the three p'sukim all Jews say at the beginning of P'sukei d'Zimra:
> ִשְׂמְח֤וּ הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְתָגֵ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹֽאמְר֥וּ בַגּוֹיִ֖ם יְיָ֥ מָלָֽךְ, יְיָ֥׀ יִמְלֹ֖ךְ לְעֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד, יְיָ֣ מֶ֭לֶךְ עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד אָֽבְד֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם מֵֽאַרְצֽוֹ 
> Three different p'sukim, the first from Chronicles, the second from the Torah, and the third from T'hillim.
> Four of the words from the ersatz "verse" in the siddur are right next to each other, and the other two in the very next pasuk. No surprise that the 6 words were combined to express the thought very eloquently.
> That also explains, for anyone who ever wondered, why the "verse" uses the pausal form " מָלָֽך."  As any student of Hebrew knows, the form is molakh with a pasach in the past, and molokh is a form used in pause.  Which it is in the source, since it is at the end of the verse in Chronicles.
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