<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I was not able to find in the Bible Adonai Molach (מָלַךְ) with Kamatz and Patach. Only מָלָךְ Kamatz Kamatz, not only when it is at the end of a verse.</span><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">When the Tanach writes about men, then it is Kamatz and Patach (מָלַךְ), unless it is at Sof Pasuk or Etnachta.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Is it possible that the Kamatz Kamatz is because it is about God?</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Aharon<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jul 1, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Mandel, Seth via Mesorah <<a href="mailto:mesorah@lists.aishdas.org" class="">mesorah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt;" class="">I have seen places that mention "<span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">the verse "God rules, God ruled, God will rule." But many denizen of Mesorah already know that that is a falsity: there is no such pasuk (althoug most people think it is a pasuk). Anywhere. The sentence is found in davening, including some of the oldest parts, so it was composed by Chazal. But it is actually drawn from the three p'sukim all Jews say at the beginning of P'sukei d'Zimra:</span></div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;" class=""><span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: David, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">ִשְׂמְח֤וּ הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ וְתָגֵ֣ל הָאָ֔רֶץ וְיֹֽאמְר֥וּ בַגּוֹיִ֖ם יְיָ֥ מָלָֽךְ</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: David, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: David, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">יְיָ֥׀ יִמְלֹ֖ךְ לְעֹלָ֥ם וָעֶֽד</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px; font-family: David, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: David, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class="">יְיָ֣ מֶ֭לֶךְ עוֹלָ֣ם וָעֶ֑ד אָֽבְד֥וּ ג֝וֹיִ֗ם מֵֽאַרְצֽוֹ</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Three different p'sukim, the first from Chronicles, the second from the Torah, and the third from T'hillim.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt;" class="">Four of the words from the ersatz "verse" in the siddur are right next to each other, and the other two in the very next pasuk. No surprise that the 6 words were combined to express the thought very eloquently.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont; font-size: 12pt;" class="">That also explains, for anyone who ever wondered, why the "verse" uses the pausal form "<span style="line-height: 17.1200008392334px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; font-family: David, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;" class=""><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>מָלָֽך</span></span>." As any student of Hebrew knows, the form is molakh with a pasach in the past, and molokh is a form used in pause. Which it is in the source, since it is at the end of the verse in Chronicles.</div></div><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><div name="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-family: Calibri, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin: 0px;" class=""><div class="BodyFragment"><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""><div class="PlainText"><font size="3" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Rabbi Dr. Seth Mandel</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Rabbinic Coordinator</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">The Orthodox Union</span><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""></span></font><font size="3" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><br class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class="">Voice and Fax (212) 613-8330 e-mail<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mandels@ou.org" class="">mandels@ou.org</a></span></font></div></span></font></div></div></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""> </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important;" class=""> </span><br style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(234, 241, 247); border: 1px dotted rgb(0, 53, 148); padding: 0.8em;" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 53, 148);" class="">Legal Disclaimer</span><br class=""><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-size: 8pt; line-height: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">The contents of this email and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or legally privileged information. 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