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Re: hapodeinu / hapod'cha

From: "Shai Heijmans" <shaih AT post.tau.ac.il>
To: "b-hebrew" <b-hebrew AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: hapodeinu / hapod'cha
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 19:42:42 +0200

Dear Mr. Hare,

In "ha-podenu" the "ha" is not the article, but the relative pronoun.

The "ha" here means "who", just as if it was written "asher". So also in the
verse you qutoed from Dt.: "and the one _who_ is redeeming you". See also
Ges.-Kautzsch paragraph 138 i .

By the way, in the prayer you quoted, it occurs all the time: ha-podenu,
ha-go'alenu, ha-nifra, ha-ose, ha-meshalem, etc. etc. In all these instances
it means "[He] who...".

Regards,

Shai Heijmans

hapodeinu / hapod'cha, Jason A. Hare, 11/27/2002
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: hapodeinu / hapod'cha, B. M. Rocine, 11/27/2002
- Re: hapodeinu / hapod'cha, Jason A. Hare, 11/28/2002
- Re: hapodeinu / hapod'cha, Shai Heijmans, 11/28/2002
- Re: hapodeinu / hapod'cha, Jason A. Hare, 11/28/2002
- Re: hapodeinu / hapod'cha, Peter Kirk, 11/29/2002