tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post6359918395003406495..comments2023-09-11T17:58:13.764-04:00Comments on The Rebbetzin's Husband: A poem of Rabbi Yehudah HaLevi - The Hall of G-dThe Rebbetzin's Husbandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-84718829160616608102015-07-23T14:49:40.026-04:002015-07-23T14:49:40.026-04:002. נדחה means abandoned, not just pushed away http...2. נדחה means abandoned, not just pushed away http://milog.co.il/%D7%A0%D7%93%D7%97%D7%99%D7%9D<br />5. They have alternate meanings as well, and I really think he means here the respective empires (or whatever they are called)Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452758052108522468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-39465468773597479602015-07-23T14:42:15.427-04:002015-07-23T14:42:15.427-04:00Thanks, Russell.
1. Good point, thanks.
2. I am tr...Thanks, Russell.<br />1. Good point, thanks.<br />2. I am trying to be literal.<br />3. Fair (although the כי תבוא instance is most vague).<br />4. Not sure you are right on this.<br />5. Could be, but see #2.<br />6. Could be.<br />7. I think so, yes. <br />8. I think it extends from the previous line.The Rebbetzin's Husbandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14977193945074906534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7898782635470765614.post-7451765229678826832015-07-23T14:30:40.159-04:002015-07-23T14:30:40.159-04:001. in paragraph 2 you have an explicit subject and...1. in paragraph 2 you have an explicit subject and not in paragraph 3? Paragraph 3 reads better<br />2. נדח -- rejected, abandoned, exiled?<br />3. אובד -- does he mean lost or wandering (without a home, c.f. כי תבוא)?<br />4. יחזיק -- "shall he maintain" as it is future, not מחזיק like אובד<br />5. I think ערב and מואב refer to Dar al Islaam and Christiandom, in that Spain was divided between the two. Rome and Arabia don't capture that.<br />6. לעמוד לשרתו -- "standing to serve Him" (no and)<br />7. וצור -- "yet the Rock"?<br />8. אמת -- the truth, that trulyRussellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00452758052108522468noreply@blogger.com