<div dir="ltr">Thank you all for your help.  <div><br></div><div>My solution:</div><div><br></div><div>245  ...otsbekha</div><div><br></div><div>and a 246</div><div><br></div><div>246 ...atsbekha</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks and cheers</div><div><br></div><div>B</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Jun 13, 2018 at 8:33 AM, Barry Walfish <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:barry.walfish@utoronto.ca" target="_blank">barry.walfish@utoronto.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">




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<div>Ve-taher libenu le-ovdekha be-emet is different. That's from the verb la'avod with Kamats katan under the ayin. </div>
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<b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Heb-NACO] Be-halmot ha-patish<br>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Barry Walfish<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 13, 2018 12:04 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Heb-NACO] Be-halmot ha-patish</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">Ah, OK, otsev rather then etsev. Yes, then, I agree, it should be otsbekha, with kamats katan.</span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 12, 2018 11:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Hebrew Name Authority Funnel<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">That would be fine if the ‘ayin were pointed with patah, but apparently it has kamats katan.
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On Jun 12, 2018, at 2:29 PM, Barry Walfish <<a href="mailto:barry.walfish@utoronto.ca" target="_blank">barry.walfish@utoronto.ca</a>> wrote:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:black">I'd say, definitely 'atsbekha, with a patah. It's from 'etsev, just like 'eved. So, 'atsbekha, like 'avdekha.
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Judaica Bibliographaer and Curator (em.)<br>
University of Toronto Libraries <br>
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