tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post7417725360977798993..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: Masorah on Balak: The peruyei of Balak and the keruyei of Bilaamjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-56375707131856582152009-07-03T07:16:51.286-04:002009-07-03T07:16:51.286-04:00thanks. i'll fix the במ"א. and you're...thanks. i'll fix the במ"א. and you're absolutely right about the rest.<br /><br />thanks again,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-49657707642171359782009-07-03T02:57:46.209-04:002009-07-03T02:57:46.209-04:00במ"א means "bar min alef", i.e. exc...במ"א means "bar min alef", i.e. except for one (a common expression in the Masorah, along with "bar min bet" etc.<br /><br />The Masorah is clearly not talking about pausal forms, such as the Bar and Par you brought.<br /><br />This commentator slipped up when translating kal as roasted in fire; it's actually "sound," as in kol in Hebrew.yankelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-60460044431282549092009-07-02T21:30:50.307-04:002009-07-02T21:30:50.307-04:00mechon-mamre, which put the Masoretic text against...mechon-mamre, which put the Masoretic text against the English JPS 1917 Edition. so they did not yet update the English. Still, I like the text and font of the Hebrew...<br /><br />kt,<br />joshjoshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-75928334627347570282009-07-02T21:28:23.821-04:002009-07-02T21:28:23.821-04:00Josh, which translation are you using? "ye,&...Josh, which translation are you using? "ye," "hath," "despiseth," etc., make it sound so 18th century. <br />For contrast, the JPS Tanach translates that verse of Mishlei as follows: "He who disdains a precept will be injured thereby; He who respects a command will be rewarded."Ariella's bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409352047101582583noreply@blogger.com