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Nov 25, 2023, 5 tweets

Genesis 1:4 "vayar elohim et-haor ki-tov vayavdeil bein haor uvein hachoshech"


The spoken letter "bet" of "tov" coalesces so to speak with the letter "vav" of "vayavdeil" to make one sound -- the sound of the blowing windsefaria.org/Genesis.1.4?ve…

In fact it is the case with all following "tov"s in Genesis 1, "bet" of "tov" followed by a "vav"

The wind blowing through the six days of creation!

Except for the last , which is not followed by a "vav" but by a "mem"

"v'hinnei tov meod"

chabad.org/library/bible_…

The "tov meod" of Genesis 1:31 is read as "tov mavet" = death is good

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