Questions tagged [hebrew]
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Gematria on the Islamic prophet's name [closed]
Gematria for the name of the prophet is giving a number close to 666, can anybody please respond to why this is occuring , is it wrong to use an Arabic name, transliterate it to English and then apply ...
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דרך Segol or kometz under ד
In Parshas Balak (probably other places too), the Torah usually says "derech" and at least once, it says "darech" with a kometz. Why? Also,sometimes Bilaam and Balak have a beis ...
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Are the words Shema and shemiras / shomer related?
Shalom.
Apologies for a beginner’s question - I am but a goy.
I’ve been trying to understand whether shemiras halashon / shemiras einayim / shemiras hanefesh are related to listening - to HKBH.
Is ...
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Signature of Rav Ovadia Hedaya
Rav Ovadia Hedaya ends a number of teshuvos in Yaskil Avdi with the letters וצוי״מ ומי״נ כיר׳א - what is the meaning of this abbreviation?
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Why do some Siddurim say mitzvot tluyim ba instead of tluyot?
In the part between Borchi Nafshi and the Tallis blessing there is a kavona part that ends with mitzvot tluyim ba in some siddurim.
I first thought this was a mere typo but I've now seen it in quite a ...
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Chassidish (accent) recordings of prayer
Where can one find recordings of prayers (e.g Sheme and Ashrei) said in chassidish style lashon hakodesh. YouTube isn’t great for it.
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How can we understand the timeline of the Tower of Babel? [closed]
I'm not finding a coherent explanation of the ENTIRE timing issue of the Tower of Babel. That I'm seeing the issue talked about so little baffles me, as the basic math from a plain reading doesn't ...
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How לִקַּטְתְּ should be read
When reading Meghilath Ruth, How should I read the word לִקַּטְתְּ in 2:19?
Should I attempt to pronounce the ט separately from the תּ (which, as far as I know, isn’t possible without an awkward-...
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Body part associations with letters [duplicate]
I was curious, since I meditate by first focusing on each of my body parts to help calm myself, if there is designated corresponding letters for each part. I figured this would further deepen my ...
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Pronunciation of Vav prefix in Talmud Bavli
In Tanakh, according to our mesorah from the Tiberian Masorites, a וְ prefix before a Shva or a bilabial letter is pronounced as וּ [wu].
However, the Babylonian Masorites had these cases as וִ [wi], ...
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How could the words עשב בשדך run together?
Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 61:20 states:
One should put a gap between a word whose beginning [letter] is like
the end [letter] of its predecessor, for example: "b'chol l'vav'kha",
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What’s the difference between “לְדָוִד מִזְמוֹר” and “מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד” in Tehilim?
Tehilim 110 for example begins with “l’David mizmor”, while 108 starts with “mizmor l’David”. Is there a difference in meaning? Does one denote authorship and the other does not?
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What is function of בו?
A grammar question
הן עבדי אתמך בו בחירי רצתה נפשי נתתי רוחי עליו משפט לגוים יוציא
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall ...
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What does the superscription עַל־מוּת לַבֵּן in Tehilim 9 mean?
Tehilim 9 begins like so:
לַמְנַצֵּחַ עַל־מוּת לַבֵּן מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃
It contains the unfamiliar words עַל־מוּת לַבֵּן in the opening. What does this phrase mean?
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Question on distinguishing similar words: שׂכל ,בין ,חכם ,ידע
How does one distinguish between שׂכל, בין, חכם, ידע?
And their respective nouns: שֶׂכֶל, בִּינָה, חָכְמָה, מַדָע, דַּעַת
When comparing the lexicons Dictionary of Classical Hebrew and HALOT I see ...
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