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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Just saying: a Zakef makes absolutely no sense at all!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>This is how the 2<sup>nd</sup> half of the verse divides up (from Michael Perlman’s Humash):<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><img width=865 height=75 style='width:9.0083in;height:.7833in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.png@01DA2B45.ED7B0090"></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Putting a zakef on “hu”, means this section splits on that word, which would make the verse incomprehensible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>The real question in this verse, is why is the main break in the 2<sup>nd</sup> half of the verse on HaAdulami, and not on Yehuda. Timnata modifies Va’ya’al, and has nothing to do with Va’yinahem. By putting the main break on HaAdulami, it seems like it also modifies Va’yinahem, but it doesn’t. Although it would require quite an effort, that can be explained.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Yitzhak<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Mesorah <mesorah-bounces@lists.aishdas.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>rabbirichwolpoe via Mesorah<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, 10 December 2023 4:44 AM<br><b>To:</b> rabbirichwolpoe <rabbirichwolpoe@gmail.com>; mesorah@aishdas.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Mesorah] <span lang=HE dir=RTL>וישב ל"ח י"ב הוא</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>the publisher would be first in line to tell you that this <i>seifer</i> is not entirely based on Heidenheim>><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Absolutely true<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>BUT<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In my experience he is usually close to RWH<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>This specific deviation was a bit of a surprise to me<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>There are other cases where RWH might be more controversial. But afaict not this one<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>FWIW, I did confim this morning with 1 of my Roedelheim Humashim that RWH Has a revia.<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div id="composer_signature"><p class=MsoNormal>RRW<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></body></html>