Re: pakod pakadeti

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 13:09:46 +0000 (UTC), Mrs. John Holmes <marilynchambers@xxxxxxx> wrote:
: Can someone explain the transaltion to this language of pakod pakadeti?
: I know it's a term Hashem instructed Moshe Rabbenu to use among our
: ancestors but what is the actual meaning?

Others gave the meaning.

I just want to point out that since Moshe Rabbeinu was "of thick lips"
(aral sefasayim), he couldn't say the letter pei. (Try it, the letter
is formed with the lips. The sign is therefore singularly apt, since it
involved a miracle -- and one they didn't see coming when they were told
of the sign!

-mi

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