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Subject: RE: 'Avodat ha-kodesh
Joan,
The phrase “koaH gavra” is Aramaic, describing pouring water from each hand
onto the other for
ritual rinsing.
The phrase “gavra raba,” for a great man, is also Aramaic. Here two idioms
overlap in a novel
usage.
Therefore I see the closing word
I think קאתו here might have to do with a verb that means “to come from” or “to
be emitted”.
I can’t verify that since I don’t have an Aramaic dictionary in front of me
right now.
Uri
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Joan,
The phrase “koaH gavra” is Aramaic, describing pouring water from each hand
onto the other for ritual rinsing.
The phrase “gavra raba,” for a great man, is also Aramaic. Here two idioms
overlap in a novel usage.
Therefore I see the closing word as the Aramaic verb ka-atu, the conventional
