Thanks for the spelling correction. (Err, did I get my ims right? I'm forever confusing the one with the alef and the one with the 'ayin. I think I got them right. Homophones are hard. :-) )
Last sentence: thanks. I take it bli means "without"?
LJ only sort-of cut you off. You had a < that it didn't know how to render. (Or at least, that's what showed up in the emailed comment.)
I remember which is which based on the way the alef and ayin look (in script):
alef "im" - alef has two similar sized pieces, just like "if" ayin "im" - ayin has one piece that looks (sorta) like 2 twisted together, which is a good visual for "with"
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Date: 2006-12-07 03:40 am (UTC)A couple of thoughts: shavu`ah ("week") has an `ayin, not an alef, and it might be better in the last sentence to say bli targum rather than
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Date: 2006-12-07 03:41 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-07 04:01 am (UTC)Thanks for the spelling correction. (Err, did I get my ims right? I'm forever confusing the one with the alef and the one with the 'ayin. I think I got them right. Homophones are hard. :-) )
Last sentence: thanks. I take it bli means "without"?
LJ only sort-of cut you off. You had a < that it didn't know how to render. (Or at least, that's what showed up in the emailed comment.)
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Date: 2006-12-07 03:29 pm (UTC)I'm pretty sure you got your ims right. Those are confusing!
im vs im
Date: 2006-12-09 10:59 pm (UTC)alef "im" - alef has two similar sized pieces, just like "if"
ayin "im" - ayin has one piece that looks (sorta) like 2 twisted together, which is a good visual for "with"
Re: im vs im
Date: 2006-12-10 04:45 am (UTC)