dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) (04/01/86)
In article <16323@rochester.UUCP> is written: > Ps: Keep those D'varim Torah (did I get that right?) coming! They're great! The plural of d'var is d'varim, but not when it's in the conjunct form. As you may know, Hebrew lets you put two words together ("A B") to get the meaning "A of B". The two main shifts that occur are that a closing -ah (kamatz-hey) for a feminine gender becomes 'at (or -as if you're Ashkenazic) -- thus Torah of Life is Torat Chayim -- and a masculine plural -im becomes -ey. Hence Children (banim) of Israel becomes B'nei Yisrael. Therefore, it's Divrei Torah (Hope this is useful to some. Understanding how the conjunct, or whatever its proper name is, works to link Hebrew nouns is useful in parsing a lot of names and phrases.) Dave Sherman The Law Society of Upper Canada Toronto -- { ihnp4!utzoo pesnta utcs hcr decvax!utcsri } !lsuc!dave