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[Yigal Levin <leviny1 AT mail.biu.ac.il>]

Dear All,

Does anyone have any idea why there is no mappiq in the last letter of the 
word LH, third word from last in Num. 32:42? The mappiq is missing in both 
BHS and in the Aleppo-based Breuer prints. 


Yigal Levin
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Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Num. 32:42
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Consider the difference between v.v. 41 and 42: ethen vs. lah. To name
villages, the author uses preposition ethen. IMO, hey in lah is
destinative suffix (like in baita) rather than feminine. 32:42 goes
about multiple objects, so single feminine lah is unlikely. IMO,
bnoteiha refers to built-up area rather than strictly villages, thus
destinative suffix. Just a guess for the lack of a better explanation.

Vadim Cherny

Yigal Levin wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Does anyone have any idea why there is no mappiq in the last letter of the 
> word LH, third word from last in Num. 32:42? The mappiq is missing in both 
> BHS and in the Aleppo-based Breuer prints.
>
>
> Yigal Levin
>