<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">Shadal mentions these unusual teamim (accentuation) of ki ani hashem elokeichem in his peirush to Vayikra 19:25. He refers to his explanation on Shemot 20:2 "anochi hashem elokeha", where he gives a very lengthy explanation of the division of those three words. </div><div class="gmail_quote"><br>Mechel Perlman z"l, Mori veRabi in the field of teamim and messora is also perturbed by the teamim on "ki ani hashem elokeichem", Vayikra 20:7. In his work Sefer Vayikra Mefusak there is an 82 page introduction where Perlman discusses various difficult teamim in Vayikra. On page eyin vav ff, Perlman quotes a private communication from Rav Mordechai Breuer, who should be understood as Perlman"s Rav uMoreh in this field. <br><div>Breuer's answer (to questions about other phrases) seems to be that in a number of cases, the baalei ha'teamim prefered to divide a phrase within the phrase, and not after an introductory word. not Ki (zakef) \\ ani hashem elokaichem, but the main division (the larger mafsik) within the phrase "ani hashem elokaichem". </div><div><br></div><div>I (DB) think this is to stress the phrase "ani hashem elokaichem" more than the "ki" , which would fit in with the other 9 times in the parasha that there is no "ki" only "ani hashem elokaichem". Breuer doesnt exactly say this but it is my belief here. Somewhat similar to this is the well know phenomenon of the teamim , when faced with an introductory phrase and a 2 part list, put the major disjunct after the first (main ) part and not after the introductory phrase. Again, this is my analogy, not Breuer's comment to Perlman. </div><div>I (DB) also think this may be especially probable with "ki" and other "ultra short" words (Breuer refers to them as teiva zeira in other contexts). Perhaps a parallel for unusual rules with "ki": Breuer's seminal book "Taamei haMikra beKaf Alef Sefarim uveSifrei Eme"t " chapter 7, where he discusses on pages 155-165 when small words are connected to their following word by a makaf and when by a mesharet, he gives hundreds of examples to show the rules or tendencies he proposed. Just about every page there has numerous examples with "ki".<br></div><div> </div><div>(Back to Breuer's communication with Perlman, in DB's words) If the main division is on "ani" (tipcha), they now had 2 choices : ki ani (mercha tipcha) which sounds like "ki" refers only to "ani" <br>or ki (tevir ) ani hashem (mercha tipcha) which the baalei haTeamim prefered. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Since Gershon R got me going on this phrase "ani hashem elokaichem"., and this <u><b>is</b></u> a Mesorah list, I would like to point out that there are numerous Massoretic comments on ani hashem elokeichem or ani hashem. For instance ,</div><div> Ani Hashem at the end of a pasuk in Vayikra, 20 times, listedin MG on Vayikra 18:5; <br>Ani hashem elokei<u>h</u>em (listed MG Shmot 29:46) not elokeic<u>h</u>em </div><div>ani hashem elokeic<u>h</u>em at the beginning of a pasuk (Final Messorah letter aleph #143)<br></div><div><br></div><div>My favorite Massorah note is found in the Massorah Gedola Vayikra 18:5 (original Printed edition), the various occurances of "ani hashem" (a) and "ani hashem elokeichem"(b) in Vayikra:</div><div>(1) <b>Min raish torat Kohanim ad "lo tignovu" </b><b>ani hashem elokaichem bar min gimel</b></div><div>>From the beginning of Vayikra till 19:10 (b) appears 7 times to (a) 3 times , so the Messorah says "<b>ani hashem elokaichem bar min gimel</b>" and lists the 3 minority cases</div><div><b>(2) Umin lo tignovu ad uKratem beEtzem</b> <b>Hayom Kavatei, Bar min dalet</b></div><div>(after 19:10 until 23:21 (a) occurs fifteen times and (b) only 4, so the Massorah lists the 4 minority cases (b) . Kavatei here means, like the aformentioned minority cases (a) in Part 1.</div><div><b>(3) Umin uKratem ad sof deSifra Ani Hashem Elokaichem bar mim bet </b><br>from after 23:21 until Vayikra ends (b) occurs 6 times and (a) twice , so the Messorah list the 2 minority cases (a).</div><div><br></div><div>The total count is 20 times (a) and 17 times (b), but instaed of listing the minority 17 cases, the Messorah only 9! and gets it accurate. </div></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Dov A Bloom<br></div>
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