tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post3782334096006955910..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Why Birchas Ha*Chamah* and Not Birchas HaShemesh?joshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-3163007332108105082009-04-23T00:03:00.000-04:002009-04-23T00:03:00.000-04:00Yechezkel Kutscher (Milim V'Toldoteihen p. 79) quo...Yechezkel Kutscher (Milim V'Toldoteihen p. 79) quotes Abba Bendavid (I assume it's mentioned in his book Leshon Mikra U'Leshon Chachamim) as saying that when Lashon Chazal was given two synonyms, it preferred the one that wasn't found in Aramaic (chama and levana aren't found in Aramaic.)Dave (Balashon)http://www.balashon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-31641108803231840082009-04-07T07:26:00.000-04:002009-04-07T07:26:00.000-04:00likely yes, a dagesh kal. one could argue for the ...likely yes, a dagesh kal. one could argue for the popular pronunciation of this, and birchas hamazon, based on treating the sheva under the resh as a "sheva merachef," since it was converted from a vowel of kametz. compare malchutecha. Here, I was paying more heed to popular pronunciation, since this IMHO justifies it, and because it shows up better when people search on Google. ;)joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-65676023275462733362009-04-07T02:46:00.000-04:002009-04-07T02:46:00.000-04:00Isn't there a dagesh in the kaf of ברכת?Isn't there a dagesh in the kaf of ברכת?Yochanannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-50524863287652607902009-04-05T21:28:00.000-04:002009-04-05T21:28:00.000-04:00thanks.i wasn't saying that it was a problem. He i...thanks.<BR/>i wasn't saying that it was a problem. He is trying to find sources of (what I would consider false, but that doesn't matter) derashot on the subject.<BR/><BR/>I would guess some source like Malbim would be useful in this. Or where Rav Hirsch discusses it in his writing.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-29501281567239519672009-04-05T21:24:00.000-04:002009-04-05T21:24:00.000-04:00That hama appears in BH is no problem. Scholarly c...That hama appears in BH is no problem. Scholarly consensus is that MH is derived from a vulgar dialect contemporaneous with BH. It has some archaic features - so things that appear in scattered places in BH, e.g., in poetic texts (aka shirahs or isaiah), may be from ancestor of MH.<BR/>see any of works of m. bar asher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-59413677598599022752009-04-05T20:46:00.000-04:002009-04-05T20:46:00.000-04:00yes, that is basically what I said. and i agree.(e...yes, that is basically what I said. and i agree.<BR/><BR/>(except, of course that chama also occurs in biblical hebrew, on occasion.)<BR/><BR/>kt,<BR/>joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-18196931838892541862009-04-05T20:44:00.000-04:002009-04-05T20:44:00.000-04:00Shemesh is biblical hebrew. Hamah is rabbinic hebr...Shemesh is biblical hebrew. Hamah is rabbinic hebrew. That's it. <BR/><BR/>And if you are trying to actually find a semantic difference between apparent synonym in a serious way, Rav Hirsch's linguistic observations are NOT a good place to start.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-58380151372510536862009-04-05T19:45:00.000-04:002009-04-05T19:45:00.000-04:00My source told me (he knows everything) to see thi...My source told me (he knows everything) to see this sefer I do not have Access to It maybe you do, It is on Random Topics there is something on the Sun There I would need a Library, I think you should try Hebrew books I cant Guarantee anything but if anyone wrote anything its here. Maybe YU library has it? <BR/>http://www.discountseforim.com/Custom-Reprint-CR103273.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-50865588921623256492009-04-05T18:56:00.000-04:002009-04-05T18:56:00.000-04:00I remember hearing that שמש and ירח became less po...I remember hearing that שמש and ירח became less popular because they're also the names of the general Semitic sun- and moon-deities.Steg (dos iz nit der šteg)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07694556690190505030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-41015773158146695162009-04-05T18:51:00.000-04:002009-04-05T18:51:00.000-04:00can you give me a summary of what it says?kt,joshcan you give me a summary of what it says?<BR/><BR/>kt,<BR/>joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-48053666421949584362009-04-05T18:40:00.000-04:002009-04-05T18:40:00.000-04:00YAlkut NAchmenuYAlkut NAchmenuAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com