Yitzhak Sapir wrote:
>
> The prefix ka- in this verse takes a qamats, suggesting it can't be
> read as "As a
> lion". There are variants with a patach, but as it stands the standard
reading
> also has its problems (though probably less than the reading k)r = dig,
which
> ignore just the vowels, but also the aleph).
HH: The aleph may not be such a problem. Conrad
Gren writes:
Ancient Hebrew sometimes has a fuller (plené)
spelling than what exists in today's Hebrew text.
This included adding alephs to assist in
vocalization, before the vowel pointing system.
Yours,
Harold Holmyard
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