[Mesorah] Ambiguity and the Trop

[rabbirichwolpoe]

This "trick" cannot be implemented on any of the other 21 sefarim....>>I'm not so sureTake this well-known passuk:ישעיה מ:ב ק֣וֹל קוֹרֵ֔א בַּמִּדְבָּ֕ר פַּנּ֖וּ דֶּ֣רֶךְ יְהוָ֑-ה יַשְּׁרוּ֙ בָּעֲרָבָ֔ה מְסִלָּ֖ה לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ: Ambiguity:Does במדבר go with קוראOr withפנו ?Noye: the parallelism suggests the latter viz.פנו Andישרו Being parallelBut, I believe the "New" Testament suggests a Voice crying out in the desert  😃 IIRC Young's literal translation leaves it as ambiguous RRW
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