[Mesorah] More examples of the pausal forms not in pause

[Mandel, Seth]

As we have discussed here, the T'NaKh uses these forms not only at a "pause" (i.e an etnachta or sof posuq), but also in cases of parallelismus membrorum, as the example we mentioned from the 10 Commandments (אַתָּ֣ה׀ וּבִנְךָ֣ וּבִתֶּ֗ךָ עַבְדְּךָ֤ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֙ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔ךָ וְגֵֽרְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בִּשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃). Chazal also use the pausal form, regularly in cases of parallelismus membrorum, as in the example from Birkhot Q'ri'as Sh'ma‘,
לקל ברוך נעימות יתּנו, למלך קל חי וקיּים זמירות יאמרו ותושבחות ישמיעו
Another example is from the Yomim Noraim, when we say
  ואז צדּיקים יראו וישמחו, וישרים יעלוזו, וחסידים ברנּה יגילו, ועולתה תקפץ פיה,
In the old mss. of the Mishnah, this is very, very common, much more common than the pausal form at the end of a Mishnah.

Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel
Rabbinic Coordinator
The Orthodox Union

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