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<DIV>In a recent letter I wrote about a "yad veshem" and R" Michael
Poppers noted that it should be "yad v*a*sheim," not "yad
vesheim." </DIV>
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<DIV>R' SBA then wrote:</DIV>
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<DIV>>>The way we pronounce the kometz in that posuk is "yad
vosheim",<BR>- closer to "vesheim' than "vasheim" - which is probably the reason
<BR>why so many say it so.<<<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>In response I wrote:</DIV>
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face=sans-serif size=2>>I don't have the dikduk clear in my mind to
understand why there isn't a shva under the vov -- which is why I made the
mistake in the first place.
<DIV> </DIV></FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>Avsholom made himself "a place
and a name." That makes sense to me.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2> </FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>He made himself "a place and
the name" -- doesn't make sense. <</FONT></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>RMP then clarified the issue for me, as follows:</DIV>
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size=3>>>Pairs of items are specified in TaNaCH as if there was a heih
hay'diah even when the conversational English translation uses an improper
article, e.g. B'reishis 8:22. I learned that (any mistakes in
transmission are mine :-)) from REMT (some years ago, I had a similar
Q).</FONT> <FONT face=Verdana color=#000080
size=3><<</FONT><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV>So I'm sending this to Mesorah just in case I'm not the only one who is
dikdukically challenged.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF"
PTSIZE="10"><B><BR></B><BR><B>--Toby
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