<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp82fc499eyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As of 31:12, probably the Nusach that Artscroll had is the same as what I saw on Sefaria. "Bekirvayich". The letter Yod before the Chaf. On Mikraoth Gedoloth Bar Ilan, and also on Tikun Korim Simanim there is no Yod. Actually, using MK Bar Ilan it never comes with Yod anywhere.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">It makes sense that here in Devarim, as HaShem asks Moshe to talk to all Bene Yisreal, it will refer to Cities. But in Shemos, as HaShem talks to each one, singles, then Artscroll understood as single.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">As for Devarim 5:14, my artscroll shows it without Yod, and indeed, also here Hashem talks to each one, so it would be expected. I dont have Shemot with Unkelos translated to English. It is not clear to me why they translated to Cities. Is your version of Arscroll shows Kirvach or Kirvayich? mine shows Kirvach here.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I believe that the Nuscah "Kirvayich is not correct, and Kirvach is used for both singular and plural, and the understanding is according to each pasuk.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp82fc499esignature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">Aharon Gal<div>201-414-7190</div></div></div></div>
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On Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at 07:59:04 AM EST, Akiva Miller <akivagmiller@gmail.com> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp8cdc96a9yiv6739054149"><div><div dir="ltr">The ArtScroll Onkelos to Shemos 20:10 translates it as "in your city". <div>In the comments, he points out that Onkelos changed "gates" to "city", "in accordance with its intent rather than its literal meaning", but he doesn't comment explicitly on your plural/singular question.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Curiously, the same phrase appears in Devarim 5:14 and 31:12, and ArtScroll translates both of those in the plural, "cities", with no comment. Maybe it's interchangeable, as you wrote.</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Akiva Miller</div></div><br clear="none"><div class="ydp8cdc96a9yiv6739054149gmail_quote"><div id="ydp8cdc96a9yiv6739054149yqt12019" class="ydp8cdc96a9yiv6739054149yqt9531440087"><div dir="ltr" class="ydp8cdc96a9yiv6739054149gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 14, 2023 at 6:30 AM galsaba--- via Mesorah <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:mesorah@lists.aishdas.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">mesorah@lists.aishdas.org</a>> wrote:<br clear="none"></div><blockquote style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;" class="ydp8cdc96a9yiv6739054149gmail_quote"><div><div style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr">Shalom,</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">"Kirvach" in Aramaic is plural? Singular or both?</div><div dir="ltr">"Vegercha Asher Bishareicha" is translated to "Vegiyorach Divkirvach"</div><div dir="ltr">According to the targum, does it mean "in your town"? or "in your towns"?</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">My understanding is that in Aramaic it can be plural or singular. But the peirush will be "in your town" (not "in your towns")</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div><div style="color:black;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:10pt;line-height:normal;font-family:arial;">Aharon Gal<div>201-414-7190</div></div></div></div>
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