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[b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט

From: Zalman Romanoff <flintflintflintflint AT gmail.com>
To: b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 21:09:16 -0500

In this week's Torah Portion, בראשית פרק מ verse 11 appears the word:
וָאֶשְׂחַט

I checked a concordance - this verb appears nowhere else in the
tanakh. What is the source of the modern usage of the verb with a
samekh instead of with a sin as in this verse? Is it mishnaic?

Thanks

Noam Eitan,

Brooklyn, NY

[b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, Zalman Romanoff, 12/08/2012
- Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, Isaac Fried, 12/08/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, Zalman Romanoff, 12/09/2012
- Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, K Randolph, 12/10/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, Yigal Levin, 12/11/2012
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, jimstinehart, 12/09/2012
  - Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, Isaac Fried, 12/09/2012
    - Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, jimstinehart, 12/09/2012
      - Re: [b-hebrew] וָאֶשְׂחַט, Isaac Fried, 12/09/2012