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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">i have two translations that don't
      mention "stringed instruments" at all.  ahh, the joys of
      translation... <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span><br>
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      On 5/3/2013 11:47 AM, Barry Walfish wrote:<br>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Most
            translations say “stringed instruments” as in minim ve-ugav.
            So definitely “mini.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Barry<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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            <p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"
                  lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
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                <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a>
                [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu">mailto:heb-naco-bounces@lists.service.ohio-state.edu</a>] <b>On
                  Behalf Of </b>Robert Talbott<br>
                <b>Sent:</b> May 3, 2013 11:33 AM<br>
                <b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
                <b>Subject:</b> Re: [Heb-NACO] Psalms 45, 9: Mini
                simhukha<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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        <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
        <p class="MsoNormal">You may be right, but how does one explain
          the dagesh in the nun then? 
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          For those of you also looking in an English translation, it's
          45:8.<br>
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          B<o:p></o:p></p>
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          <p class="MsoNormal">On 5/3/2013 8:15 AM, Heidi G Lerner
            wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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                style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">My
                thought is that it is "mini" [since?] and not  "mi-ni".
                Even-Shoshan says that it is a poetical form often used
                in Tanakh.
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                Heidi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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              <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">From:
                  </span></b><span
                  style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">"Yossi
                  Galron" <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:jgalron@gmail.com">
                    <jgalron@gmail.com></a><br>
                  <b>To: </b>"heb-naco" <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                    href="mailto:heb-naco@lists.service.ohio-state.edu"><heb-naco@lists.service.ohio-state.edu></a><br>
                  <b>Sent: </b>Friday, May 3, 2013 7:57:12 AM<br>
                  <b>Subject: </b>[Heb-NACO] Psalms 45, 9: Mini
                  simhukha<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                    style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Colleagues
                    <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">I
                      have a commentary on some Masekhtot. The title is
                    </span><span dir="RTL"
                      style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
                      lang="HE">ספר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span
                      style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""
                      lang="HE"><span dir="LTR"></span>
                    </span><span dir="RTL"
                      style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""
                      lang="HE">מני שמחוך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span
style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><span
                        dir="LTR"></span> and the source of the title is
                      from Tehilim, 45:9<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">My
                      question is about the first word: is it Mini or
                      Mi-ni (in other words: is the Mem an article?) <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Thanks
                      for your insights<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                      style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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                  <p class="MsoNormal"><span
                      style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Yossi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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                        style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"">Joseph
                        (Yossi) Galron-Goldschlaeger<br>
                        E-Mail: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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                        or
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                          target="_blank">jgalron@gmail.com</a><br>
                        Tel.: (614) 292-3362,  Fax: (614)292-1918<br>
                        Lexicon of Modern Hebrew Literature: <a
                          moz-do-not-send="true"
                          href="http://hebrewlit.notlong.com"
                          target="_blank">http://hebrewlit.notlong.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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