<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">> </font><font size=2><tt>I do suspect
that anyone who was even a moderate knowledge of Hebrew <br>
will understand that whereas the letters "kaf" and "khaf"
are <br>
interchangeable for purposes of translating, this is emphatically not <br>
true of "sin" and "shin", which must be treated as
independent of <br>
each other for translation purposes, despite the fact that they use <br>
the same glyph when nekudos are omitted.</tt></font><font size=2 face="sans-serif">
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<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">"Sin" and "shin"
are interchangeable in T'hilim 119 (p'suqim 161-168) and in Eichah 3 (p'suqim
61-63), just to name two sources. I don't think this list's member
will disagree with the interpretation of the verse in question (and, just
for starters, you could note RaShY on 1-32:29, d'h' "lo Ya'aqov,"
with its "s'rarah" and reference to Hosheia' 12:5), but at least
in Wiki land if not elsewhere, best IMHO to be inclusive & friendly
than to impose daled-amos facts.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=3 color=#000080 face="Verdana">Shabbas Shalom and all the
best from your neighbor,</font>
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