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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Joan,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">You don’t give the sentence the abbreviation is in.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">It’s definitely le-adam da’at as is written in the Amidah, “atah honen le-adam da’at…”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Barry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> heb-naco-bounces+barry.walfish=utoronto.ca@lists.service.ohio-state.edu
[mailto:heb-naco-bounces+barry.walfish=utoronto.ca@lists.service.ohio-state.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Biella, Joan<br>
<b>Sent:</b> September 24, 2012 2:27 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Hebrew Name Authority Funnel'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Heb-NACO] romanization of the day?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The LCCN is 2011425612 and the title is "Shut Minḥat Avraham."<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The statement of responsibility says "ḥibartiṿ ṿa-</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ʻ<span lang="EN-US">arakhtiṿ
be-ḥesed D. </span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">alai uve-</span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">ezrat ha-Ḥonen la-Adam Da</span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">at ani ha-tsa</span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">ir
</span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">er. ḥ. Avraham b.R. Sa</span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">id Ḥamami, y. ts. ṿ."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">My question: what is
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ʻ<span lang="EN-US">er. ḥ. =
</span><span lang="HE" dir="RTL">ער"ח</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="EN-US"><span dir="LTR"></span>? Somehow "</span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">erev rosh ḥodesh" doesn't fit the context.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:5.0pt;font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Bonus question: should it be ha-Ḥonen la-Adam Da</span><span style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">ʻ<span lang="EN-US">at
or ha-Ḥonen le-Adam Da</span>ʻ<span lang="EN-US">at?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Thank you for your collective wisdom.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Arial Unicode MS","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Joan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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