1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/heblang February 2000
2 21 22_uvvinyan vs. ul'lameid12_Rachel Smith20_rachelms@my-Deja.com31_Tue, 29 Feb 2000 10:07:29 -0800362_us-ascii In the Artscroll siddur and also Ishei Yisrael (Siddur HaG'ra), in Birkat Hamazon, the addition for Shabbat (R'tzei) has "uvvinyan" (sh'va nach), while in Shacharit the b'racha of "Ahava Raba" has "ul'lameid" (sh'va na). Why is "uvvinyan" a sh'va nach? Doesn't the "two identical letters in a row" rule override the "sh'va meracheif" in all cases? [...]
24 17 10_Halleluyah0_14_MKAInc@aol.com29_Tue, 29 Feb 2000 15:50:32 EST378_US-ASCII Am I correct that the mappik in the final Heh of Yud. Heh (as in the last word of Ps. 150) means that the noun Yud.Heh is feminine?<br><br>Min Kantrowitz<br><br>------------------------ heblang@shamash.org -----------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Internet Consortium http://shamash.org ------------------------ heblang@shamash.org -----------------------=
42 29 14_Re: Halleluyah16_Henry Churchyard15_churchh@usa.net37_Tue, 29 Feb 2000 17:07:57 -0600 (CST)571_- > From: MKAInc@aol.com<br><br>> Am I correct that the mappik in the final Heh of Yud. Heh (as in the > last word of Ps. 150) means that the noun Yud.Heh is feminine?<br><br>> Min Kantrowitz<br><br>No, hallelu is a plural imperative which is formally masculine, while "Yah" is effectively a shortened version of YHWH, and the dot in the final letter _he_ indicates that this is a true consonantal -h, and not a weakened -t or -y ending... He-mappiq is only associated with the feminine in the 3d. fem. sg. possessive pronoun attached to singular nouns, which this isn't.