tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post6293306341660287581..comments2023-10-06T15:01:30.680-04:00Comments on The Dikdukian: Pain in the NeckShtiklerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498936768989355610noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post-37446906075644010992012-12-27T15:15:15.835-05:002012-12-27T15:15:15.835-05:00MG's link points to a fascinating discussion o...MG's link points to a fascinating discussion on this by R' Wolf Heidenheim in his ספר מודע לבינה.<br />I understand his questions but he loses me a little when answering them.<br />If I understand correctly, in a nutshell:<br /><i>Tzavarav</i> is plural, which is normal.<br /><i>Tza-<b>va</b>-rei</i> would also have been plural and normal.<br />But the word as it is written, <i>tza-<b>ve</b>-rei</i>, with a sheva, is the possessive form of <i>tzaverayim</i> which would mean not many necks but exactly two. This is what is driving the inference of the midrash.Shtiklerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498936768989355610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1866132022161856151.post-3194586892986842692012-12-21T15:39:43.853-05:002012-12-21T15:39:43.853-05:00See here: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx...See here: http://www.hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=33231&st=&pgnum=33MGnoreply@blogger.com