Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Yigal Levin <Yigal-Levin AT utc.edu>]

Hi Alastair,

Beyond what you can read in any commentary, I recall (but don't have a
citation) that Aaron Demsky once suggested that it was taken from an
Alphabetical ditty, maybe a mnemonic poem used to help students remember
the order of the Alphabet (since Sade and Qoph are consecutive letters). 

Yigal

At 11:41 PM 11/16/2002 +1100, Alastair Haines wrote:
>Dear b-hebraim
>
>I wondered if any of the list members cared to comment on how Isaiah 28:10&13
>should be understood.
>
>tsav latsav tsav latsav qav laqav qav laqav
>
>Or shouldn't it be understood? Is that the point?
>
>Cheers,
>alastair
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