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<p>the word Atta is a completely different subject, and more complicated, and I am not going to comment on it now.</p>
<p>As far as "pausal," as I carefully explained that there is NO rule that can tell you when the form should be used (prescriptively). One can describe all the cases as "pausal," but that does not help, because there is no definition of "pausal" that would
cover all the cases and only these cases.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, April 30, 2017 4:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mandel, Seth; sholom@aishdas.org; mesorah@aishdas.org<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mesorah] "pausal forms"</font>
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"<span style="line-height:initial; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:13px">So perhaps a more accurate way of describing the situation is that some nouns and verbs appear in two forms.</span><span style="line-height:initial; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:13px"> </span><span style="line-height:initial; font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size:13px">One
form is almost always used at the end of a pasuq and in the middle with an etnahta, but is also used in other places where the traditional reading (the Masorah) indicates the end of a clause,"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size:initial; text-align:initial; line-height:initial"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">So are pausal forms indeedconforming to some kind of rule (prescriptive) even when they appear EG on a Tipchah?</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:initial; text-align:initial; line-height:initial"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">Or are pausal forms sometimes pausal, but not necessarily so?</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:initial; text-align:initial; line-height:initial"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">ıAnd can it be that sometimes Pauses do not trigger pausal forms?</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-size:initial; text-align:initial; line-height:initial"><font face="Calibri, Slate Pro, sans-serif, sans-serif">EG Attah (you singular) seems to come in 3 flavors I know</font></span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif; font-size:initial; line-height:initial; text-align:initial">2. ATıtoh mi"'eil (EG hachi ochi ATtah, R'uven b'chori ATtah)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family:Calibri,'Slate Pro',sans-serif,sans-serif; font-size:initial; line-height:initial; text-align:initial">3. O'tohı - 2 kamatz's. (not sure if in Tanach)</span></div>
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