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According to the article Exegesis and Pausal Forms with Non-Pausal Accents in the Hebrew Bible by Dr James D. Price, there are a few such examples. He lists:
Munaḥ (prose books): Judg 9:36, Isa 48:18, 65:1, 65:17, Mal 1:6, Sam 2:3:34.
Mahpaḥ (prose books): Ezek 17:15, Est 4:8.
Munaḥ (poetic books): Psalms 3:9, 74:14, 106:28, Prov 7:13, 7:22, Job 34:20.
He ...
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As a child until today I've always
read it as:
שיחי' לימים טובים ארוכים
...which would clarify the above confusion.
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The expansion by theGRAPKE for שליט״א as:
שיחיה לאורך ימים טובים ארוכים
is traditionally translated as:
that (they, meaning the person named preceding the abbreviation) will live for (meaning, according to) Your Light (Your light, means G-d's light), good, long days.
לאורך is actually a noun with a Kametz beneath the Lamed. This implies that the word for ...
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The aramaic etymology is correct but because of the folk etymology (as other have given) it is almost universally spelled with ".
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