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  • From: "Joel C. Salomon" <joelcsalomon AT gmail.com>
  • To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Shatnez: Wool and Linen, or Animal Fiber and Plant Fiber?
  • Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:21:08 -0500

On 2/16/2010 5:18 AM, James Christian wrote:
> לֹא תִלְבַּשׁ שַׁעַטְנֵז צֶמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים יַחְדָּו
>
> As you can see the words for wool and linen come after Shatnez. We have good
> grammatical basis, therefore, for analysing this as a construct relationship
> i.e. a mix of wool and linen. Hope this helps.
>
> Just in case you don't read Hebrew I've singled out the three words you need
> to look at:
>
> שַׁעַטְנֵז צֶמֶר וּפִשְׁתִּים

So do we parse this as “do not wear a sha‘atnez of wool and linen
together” or as “do not wear sha‘atnez, i.e., wool and linen together”?

—Joel C. Salomon




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