Sunday, November 2, 2008

Aleph Beit Thoughts

I thought it interesting to note some peculiarities:

1. the letters ק and ל , being the only letters to extend below or above the sentence lines of writing. Cf. קול , בלק, עמלק

See also the Targum of פר' נחש נחשת בחקת -- on the word שרפים
וְגָרֵי יְיָ בְּעַמָּא, יָת חִיוָוָן קָלַן, וְנַכִּיתוּ, יָת עַמָּא and notice then how the punishment is directly connected to their sin of לחם הקלקל.

(Also, is there any connection to the קערת כסף אחת שלשים ומאה משקלה or the 130 years that Adam was separated from Chava?)

2. the מ in מנצפך being the only one that actually becomes סתומה in being at the end. The others all becoming פתוחות ופשוטות. And the usage of the Mem Setumah even in the middle of words as in Yeshayahu לםרבה המשרה. The letters ס and מ then being the only "closed" letters in the alphabet and flanking the 'נ' from both sides.

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