<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp40952dcyahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The two verses before this verse, and the two verses after, are very long, and in between resides this short pasuk.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Pasuk of this size could have used Zakef as the main dichotomy. Seems to me that the reason is musical one.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp40952dcsignature"><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 Wednesday, December 27, 2023 at 09:19:56 PM EST, Akiva Miller via Mesorah <mesorah@lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydpde658facyiv2317273337"><div><div dir="ltr"><div id="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqtfd37768" class="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqt7509196889"><div dir="ltr">Yitzhak Ajzner asked about Bereshis 50:12:</div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">> How do you understand the position of the Etnahta?</div></div><div dir="ltr"><div id="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqtfd13483" class="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqt7509196889">> Surely, we would have expected it on the word כן!</div><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div>I think that this way might give it even more emphasis. Consider:</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>on "ken":</div><div>His sons did it for him that way, just like he commanded.</div><div>on "lo":</div><div>His sons did it for him - Yes! Just like he commanded!</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Incidentally, I noticed that the Netziv puts in some time expounding on the word "ken" here. My skills aren't good enough to know whether he addresses your question, but it might be worth a look. <a shape="rect" href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Bereshit/50.12#e0n6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mg.alhatorah.org/Full/Bereshit/50.12#e0n6</a> (Click the button below the pasuk to see the Netziv and others)</div><div><br clear="none"></div><div>Akiva Miller</div><div id="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqtfd19539" class="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqt7509196889"><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div></div></div><div id="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqtfd24800" class="ydpde658facyiv2317273337yqt7509196889">
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