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If Hebrew was the target language, what was the source language in any of the Psalm in which “maskil” is mentioned?
The Ohr ha-Hamah (R. Zundel Kroizer) on Psalms 88:1 writes:
ע"י תורגמן אמרו ואין מבואר מה ענינו של תורגמן בזה ואפשר דכל מזמור שהוא
חשוב לכל העם ורצה שכולם ישמעוהו העמיד מתורגמן שישמיע את המזמור ...
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If Hebrew was the target language, what was the source language in any of the Psalm in which “maskil” is mentioned?
The ben yeoyada explains as follows:
ומה שאמרו 'מַשְׂכִּיל', עַל יְדֵי תֻּרְגְּמָן, נראה לי בס"ד 'מַשְׂכִּיל' אותיות שם כלי דהמתורגמן הוא כלי של הדרשן שבו משקה מים של הדרשה לרבים.
When it says &...
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Where is there a good online source to check how often a word appears in Tanach?
The website https://alhatorah.org/ has a comprehensive and user friendly concordance as well as other tools.
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How many words are there in the Zohar?
I discuss word counts for different classical Jewish works here:
Words of Wisdom: Word Counts of Classical Jewish Works (requires registration).
Based on Bar-Ilan Responsa Project CD, the word count ...
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