<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=""><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">It is interesting to know why Onkelos did not choose words that would make his translation more clear.</font><div class=""><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">In P’ Balak:<br class=""></font><div class=""><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">מְבָרְכֶיךָ בָרוּךְ וְאֹרְרֶיךָ אָרוּר</font></span></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">Onkelos translated to:</font></span></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">בְּרִיכָךְ יְהוֹן בְּרִיכִין וְלִיטָךְ יְהוֹן לִיטִין:</font></span></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><span class="" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class="">which is not the exact translation of the words, but it is the translation of the meaning, and it makes the translation clear.</font></span></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-size: 14px;" class="">Sefer "Yeyn Hatov” did not translate the words</span></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">וֶאֱבָרֵךְ מְבָרְכָךְ וּמְלַטְטָךְ אֵילוּט</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">only</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">וְיִתְבָּרֲכוּן בְּדִילָךְ כֹּל זַרְעֲיַת אַרְעָא</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I am curious to know why he did not translate..</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">My understanding is that the Yerushalmi translated as singular:</span></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">וַאֲבָרֵךְ מַאן דִי בְרִיךְ יָתָךְ וּמַן דְלַיִיט יָתָךְ יֶהֱוֵי לִיט</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Kol Tuv,</font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Aharon Gal</span></font></div><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font face="Lucida Grande" class=""><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br class=""></span></span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Oct 28, 2020, at 11:22 AM, Mandel, Seth <<a href="mailto:mandels@ou.org" class="">mandels@ou.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="">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 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=""> appears in some mss. with a yod. See also Daniel 4:22</div><div dir="rtl" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">כב</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>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׃<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">The ones with the plural are written with a yod as a q'ri uk'thjv, but all are pronounced the same.</div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class="">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 class=""></div><div id="Signature" class=""><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" dir="ltr" style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><font size="2" class=""><span style="font-size: 10pt;" class=""></span></font><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=""><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="PlainText"><font size="3" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" class=""><span style="font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></span></font></div><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><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 id="appendonsend" class=""></div><div style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;" class=""><br class=""></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="display: inline-block; width: 1190.6875px;" class=""><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" class=""><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;" class=""><b class="">From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Aharon Gal <<a href="mailto:galsaba@aol.com" class="">galsaba@aol.com</a>><br class=""><b class="">Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:22 PM<br class=""><b class="">To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Mandel, Seth <<a href="mailto:mandels@ou.org" class="">mandels@ou.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Zev Sero <<a href="mailto:zev@sero.name" class="">zev@sero.name</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:mesorah@lists.aishdas.org" class="">mesorah@lists.aishdas.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:mesorah@lists.aishdas.org" class="">mesorah@lists.aishdas.org</a>><br class=""><b class="">Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Question on the word Mevarcheicha?</font><div class=""> </div></div><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word;"><div class="" style="orphans: 2; text-align: justify; widows: 2;"><font class="" face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;"><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="" face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;"><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="" face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;"><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><div class="" style="text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font class="" face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font class="" face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Thanks,</span></font></div><div class="" style="text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font class="" face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br class=""></span></font></div><div class="" style="text-align: left; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><font class="" face="Lucida Grande" style="font-size: 14px;"><span class="" style="text-align: justify; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Aharon</span></font></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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