Questions tagged [grammar-dikduk]
Questions about Hebrew and Aramaic grammar as related to Judaism.
7 questions from the last 30 days
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זֵכר or זֶכר in אשרי? [duplicate]
All my life I've said זֵכר. But recently I noticed in the artscroll siddur and tehillim, זֶכר. I checked a bunch of other siddurim, they all had it as זֵכר. (Unlike parshat Zachor, no sidur mentions ...
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Is it Mishna Vrura?
According to the rules of dikduk, is the correct pronunciation of משנה ברורה "Mishna V'rura", without the dagesh in the beis? If so, I'm curious as to why most people pronounce it with a ...
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Is it Parashat or Parshat in construct form?
In construct form, is it parashat ______ or parshat _________ in naming Torah portions? How did authoritative grammar mavens bring it down?
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The soft hey of Bemidbar 15:31
Seems it wants to assume the possessive dagesh in the hey. What do we do with this form grammatically? Ty All!
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Question about Binyanim – Hebrew linguistics [closed]
I've looked into lots of linguistic works and found discussion of the 7 Binyanim (verb patterns) in much of modern Hebrew linguistics and even going back before. Obviously verbs in Tanakh (and all of ...
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Inconsistent wording in Birkot Hashachar?
Many of the blessings in Birkot Hashachar do not use the definitive article (letter ה) when ascribing an action to G-d. For example:
...בָּרוּךְ אַתָּה יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהֵֽינוּ מֶֽלֶךְ הָעוֹלָם
מַלְבִּישׁ ...
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Is there a dagesh in the kuf of קמנו?
I have seen different versions of the second-last posuk in Tehillim 20: ואנחנו קמנו ונתעודד. Some have the kuf with a dagesh (קַּמְנוּ). Others have the kuf without a dagesh (קַמְנוּ). The Minchas ...
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