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It is well known that in Aramaic there is no difference between the second person singular masculine possessive ending and the plural. They both are -okh (with a qomatz), althugh in the Torah sheBikhthav they may be written with a silent yod to distinguish
singular and plural, e.g. Daniel 2:29 רַעְיוֹנָךְ֙<br>
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appears in some mss. with a yod. See also Daniel 4:22</div>
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<b>כב</b> וְלָ֣ךְ טָֽרְדִ֣ין מִן־אֲנָשָׁ֡א וְעִם־חֵיוַ֣ת בָּרָא֩ לֶֽהֱוֵ֨ה מְדֹרָ֜ךְ וְעִשְׂבָּ֥א כְתוֹרִ֣ין ׀ לָ֣ךְ יְטַֽעֲמ֗וּן וּמִטַּ֤ל שְׁמַיָּא֙ לָ֣ךְ מְצַבְּעִ֔ין וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה עִדָּנִ֖ין יַחְלְפ֣וּן עליך (עֲלָ֑ךְ) עַ֣ד דִּֽי־תִנְדַּ֗ע דִּֽי־שַׁלִּ֤יט
עליא (עִלָּאָה֙) בְּמַלְכ֣וּת אֲנָשָׁ֔א וּלְמַן־דִּ֥י יִצְבֵּ֖א יִתְּנִנַּֽהּ׃ <br>
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The ones with the plural are written with a yod as a q'ri uk'thjv, but all are pronounced the same.</div>
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In Unqulos there is not k'thiv, so both are written the same. There is no way to tell whether it is singular or plural.<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Mandel, Seth <mandels@ou.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Zev Sero <zev@sero.name>; mesorah@lists.aishdas.org <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Question on the word Mevarcheicha?</font>
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<div class="" style="orphans:2; text-align:justify; widows:2"><font class="" style="font-size:14px" face="Lucida Grande"><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Chapter 12 verse 3: </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">וַאֲבָרְכָה
מְבָרֲכֶיךָ וּמְקַלֶּלְךָ אָאֹר</span></font></div>
<div class="" style="orphans:2; text-align:justify; widows:2"><font class="" style="font-size:14px" face="Lucida Grande"><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Onkelos translates: </span><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">וֶאֱבָרֵךְ
מְבָרְכָךְ וּמְלַטְטָךְ אֵילוּט</span></font></div>
<div class="" style="orphans:2; text-align:justify; widows:2"><font class="" style="font-size:14px" face="Lucida Grande"><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Seems to me strange that the verse will say “...those who bless…and the one who
curse..</span>”</font></div>
<div class="" style="orphans:2; text-align:justify; widows:2"><span class="" style="text-align:left; background-color:rgb(255,255,255); font-size:14px"><font class="" face="Lucida Grande" color="#4d5156">Septuagint translates both as plural - “those”.</font></span></div>
<div class="" style="text-align:left; orphans:2; widows:2"><font class="" face="Lucida Grande"><font class="" color="#4d5156"><span class="" style="background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span class="" style="font-size:14px">As for Onkelos, I don't know. Is the
word </span></span></font><span class="" style="font-size:14px; text-align:justify; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">מְבָרְכָךְ singular, plural, or can be both?</span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-align:left; orphans:2; widows:2"><font class="" style="font-size:14px" face="Lucida Grande"><span class="" style="text-align:justify; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Thanks,</span></font></div>
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<div class="" style="text-align:left; orphans:2; widows:2"><font class="" style="font-size:14px" face="Lucida Grande"><span class="" style="text-align:justify; background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">Aharon</span></font></div>
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