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debka_notion ([personal profile] debka_notion) wrote2006-03-11 07:13 pm

"Poll"

OK, put this one up toi [livejournal.com profile] naomichana's instigation...

So what do you think is the most annoying pasuk/verse in Torah/Bible? (A few finalists are are also accepted. Commentary on reasoning is appreciated.)

From a Ba`al Keri'o's point of view...

[identity profile] margavriel.livejournal.com 2006-03-12 01:34 pm (UTC)(link)
The subsequent verses Leviticus 26:2-3, in poroshas Behar-Behukkôsai:

אֶת-שַׁבְּתֹתַי תִּשְׁמֹרוּ וּמִקְדָּשִׁי תִּירָאוּ אֲנִי יי
אִם-בְּחֻקֹּתַי תֵּלֵכוּ וְאֶת-מִצְו‍ֹתַי תִּשְׁמְרוּ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם

The identical word, תשמרו, appears in each posuk, and each time on the identical trop-mark (zokeif kotôn). Yet in the first verse, the word is vocalized "tishmÔru", and in the second one, it is vocalized "tishmeRU". Grrr....