Wednesday, August 15, 2018

hebrew - Why is the word שמך vocalized differently in different places?


Gen 32:29 says:



וַיֹּאמֶר, לֹא יַעֲקֹב יֵאָמֵר עוֹד שִׁמְךָ...‏


Thy name shall be called no more Yaakov...



But in 30 it says:




וַיִּשְׁאַל יַעֲקֹב, וַיֹּאמֶר הַגִּידָה-נָּא שְׁמֶךָ,...‏


And Yaakov asked him, and said: 'Tell me, I pray thee, thy name.' ...



"Your name" is vocalized differently between the two. Why do we sometimes read shimkha and sometimes shmekha?




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