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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 lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Shavua Tov (from Israel; I imagine that many on this list are still in Shabbat)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>The words</span><u><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'> </span></u><u><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם</span></u><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span><u><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> </span></u><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>appear 4 times in Shmuel Bet, chapter 18.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Twice the te’amim put them together (red below); twice the te’amim separate them (light blue, below).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>(Please don’t let the tipha in the 2<sup>nd</sup> example put us off track. The tipha there is functioning as a </span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'>מפסיק במקום משרת</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span>. The 2 words are separated from the words </span><span lang=HE dir=RTL style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>שִׁמְרוּ־מִ֕י</span><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span><span lang=HE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><span dir=LTR></span><span dir=LTR></span> </span><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>with the zakef-gadol, which precede them.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-AU style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Any thoughts, when the words are together, when they are separate?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'><o:p><span style='text-decoration:none'> </span></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><u><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>לַנַּעַר לְאַבְשָׁלוֹם</span></u><u><span dir=LTR style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'>שמואל ב יח</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>וַיְצַ֣ו הַמֶּ֡לֶךְ אֶת־י֠וֹאָ֠ב וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁ֤י וְאֶת־אִתַּי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לְאַט־לִ֖י </span><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:red'>לַנַּ֣עַר לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם</span><span lang=HE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'> פסוק ה</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הָאִישׁ֙ אֶל־יוֹאָ֔ב וְל֨וּ אָנֹכִ֜י שֹׁקֵ֤ל עַל־כַּפַּי֙ אֶ֣לֶף כֶּ֔סֶף לֹא־אֶשְׁלַ֥ח יָדִ֖י אֶל־בֶּן־הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>כִּ֣י בְאׇזְנֵ֜ינוּ צִוָּ֣ה הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֹ֠תְךָ֠ וְאֶת־אֲבִישַׁ֤י וְאֶת־אִתַּי֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר שִׁמְרוּ־מִ֕י </span><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:red'>בַּנַּ֖עַר בְּאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'> </span><span lang=EN-AU dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'> </span><span lang=HE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'>פסוק יב</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ שָׁל֥וֹם </span><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#00B0F0'>לַנַּ֖עַר לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם </span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֲחִימַ֡עַץ רָאִ֩יתִי֩ הֶהָמ֨וֹן הַגָּד֜וֹל לִ֠שְׁלֹ֠חַ אֶת־עֶ֨בֶד הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ יוֹאָב֙ וְאֶת־עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ וְלֹ֥א יָדַ֖עְתִּי</span><span lang=HE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'> </span><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>מָֽה</span><span lang=HE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'> פסוק כט</span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span dir=LTR style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ אֶל־הַכּוּשִׁ֔י הֲשָׁל֥וֹם </span><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#00B0F0'>לַנַּ֖עַר לְאַבְשָׁל֑וֹם </span><span dir=LTR style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal dir=RTL style='text-align:right;direction:rtl;unicode-bidi:embed'><span lang=HE style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Shlomo;color:#002060'>וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַכּוּשִׁ֗י יִהְי֤וּ כַנַּ֙עַר֙ אֹֽיְבֵי֙ אֲדֹנִ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־קָ֥מוּ עָלֶ֖יךָ לְרָעָֽה</span><span lang=HE style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#002060'> פסוק לב</span><span dir=LTR 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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060'>Thanks<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></div></body></html>