[Heb-NACO] grammar question

Thu Apr 5 15:32:56 EDT 2018

Hi all,

I am chanting chapters 5-8 of Shir ha-shirim this coming Shabat.

I have a grammar question.

The text in Shir ha-shirim has "אַשְׁקְךָ֙ מִיַּ֣יִן הָרֶ֔קַח"

My question is why is there a pataḥ under the first yud instead of a tsere.

I have checked several different editions of the Tanakh as well as Briggs-Driver.

According to Even-Shoshan and Luaḣ ha-Shemot יין  in סמיכות would have a "tsere" under the 1st yud.

Thanks, Heidi

Heidi G. Lerner

Metadata Librarian for Hebraica and Judaica

Metadata Dept.

Stanford University Libraries

Stanford, CA 94305-6004

ph: 650-725-9953

fax: 650-725-1120

e-mail: lerner at stanford.edu
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