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2 107 51_Re: Answer to Avi: Why certain blessings require ES10_Jerry Blaz19_ffdog@earthlink.net31_Tue, 25 Apr 2000 21:10:59 -0700292_us-ascii I thought one of the generalities directing the use of ES is whether or not it precedes a "Heh hayedi'ah." It seems to me that the ES (or, submitting to my Sephardic inclination, ET) is used in a simple direct object with a definite article (to translate the grammatical form). [...]
110 35 51_Re: Answer to Avi: Why certain blessings require ES13_Monica Devens17_mdevens@yahoo.com37_Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:19:24 -0700 (PDT)405_us-ascii As Jerry Blaz says - and obviously those discussing this issue already mostly know - the prescribed use of /et/ occurs in a restricted environment, namely before a *definite* direct object. Jerry errs when he restricts it to nouns preceded by "heh ha-yedia," though, since, e.g., nouns with possessive suffixes or proper names also require /et/, e.g. /raiti et david/ or /laqaxti et sifro/. [...]
146 42 68_Re: Answer to Jeff: 1-2-Ayin =1-2-Hay roots Frequently: DBase output13_Monica Devens17_mdevens@yahoo.com37_Wed, 26 Apr 2000 10:29:06 -0700 (PDT)595_us-ascii Russell Hendel writes:<br><br>> This posting answers Jeff's question on KTzA vs KTzH > Roots with 1-2-AYIN **do** interchange quite frequently in Hebrew > with similar roots (such as 1-2-Hay roots). A brief output of all > such pairs is presented below. I was rather appalled on hearing > that Kohler and Baumgartner thought the AYIN-HAY was a textual > error. They could have easily produced the list below which shows > the phenomena to be quite common (1/3 of the 1-2-A and 1-2-Hay verbs > have identical meaning; 1/3 have clearly related meaning while the > remaining 1/3 have [...]