<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp1598a4f3yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><div style=""><div dir="rtl" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">וּבַמְּנֹרָה אַרְבָּעָה גְבִעִים מְשֻׁקָּדִים כַּפְתֹּרֶיהָ וּפְרָחֶיהָ</span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">Without trops the pasuk is vague. So the trops decided:</font></div><div dir="rtl" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">וּבַמְּנֹרָ֖ה אַרְבָּעָ֣ה גְבִעִ֑ים מְשֻׁ֨קָּדִ֔ים כַּפְתֹּרֶ֖יהָ וּפְרָחֶֽיהָ:</span></span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;">Now it s not vague anymore. <br>This is one of the roles of the trops.</font></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;">But something very unique happened in the following verse:</font></span></span></div><div dir="rtl" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;">לַעֲלוּקָה שְׁתֵּי בָנוֹת הַב הַב</font></span></span></span></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;">This pasuk is vague. Does it means that "LaAluka" is the title, like "LeDavid"? </font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;">Or, it means that the leech had two daughters.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;"><br></font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4" style="background-color: inherit;">I would expect the trop to solve this question. </font></span></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">If the put Mafsik Chazak after the word LaAluka,</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">such as </font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">"LeAluka;</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">Shete Banot"</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">then I will know that they decided that LaAluka is the title.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">and if not, then it will be the second peirush.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">But here the trop did something very unique. The decided to leave the pasul vague.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">How did they do it?</font></div><div dir="rtl" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-align: justify;">לַֽעֲלוּקָ֨ה | שְׁתֵּ֥י בָנוֹת֮ הַ֤ב | הַ֥ב שָׁל֣וֹשׁ הֵ֭נָּה לֹ֣א תִשְׂבַּ֑עְנָה אַ֝רְבַּ֗ע לֹא-אָ֥מְרוּ הֽוֹן</span></span><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">What is the trop on the word LaAluka? Is it the Azla LeGarme, as a Shalish?</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">it makes sense that it is, because the word "Vanot" has the ta'am mishne.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">Or</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">May be the Azla LeGarme on the word LaAluka is replacement (temura) for Ole Veyored?</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">it is possible too...</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">So, by using these trop they ON PURPOSE left the pasuk vague as it was without the trops.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">This "trick" (sorry for using this word, I was trying to find a better one) can be used only in Sifrei Emeth.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">The reason is, some of the trops can play more than one role.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">For example, Mahpach LeGarme can be a Shalish, or Mishne, or a Melech to the left of the Etnanch.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">Azla LeGarme can play as a Shalish or as Melech.</font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false" style="text-align: left;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4">This "trick" cannot be implemented on any of the other 21 sefarim....</font></div><div style=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div class="ydp1598a4f3signature" style=""><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4">Aharon Gal</font><div style=""><font face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="" size="4">201-414-7190</font></div></div></div></div>
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