Derasha on Bamidbar 33:46 · TT unit 1

Parashas Masei · Passuk 33:46 · TT note 1

The Complete Passuk

וַיִּסְע֖וּ מִדִּיבֹ֣ן גָּ֑ד וַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּ בְּעַלְמֹ֥ן דִּבְלָתָֽיְמָה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yevamos 13b (TT note on “דִּבְלָתָיְמָה”).

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Yevamos 13b
תַּנְיָא, רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה אוֹמֵר: כָּל תֵּיבָה שֶׁצְּרִיכָה לַמֵּ״ד בִּתְחִלָּתָהּ הִטִּיל לָהּ הַכָּתוּב הֵ״א בְּסוֹפָהּ, כְּגוֹן דִּבְלָתַיִם דִּבְלָתָיְמָה.

English: It was taught: Rabbi Nechemya says, every word that needs a lamed at its beginning, Scripture placed a heh at its end — for example, Divlasaim becomes Divlasaymah.

Type of Learning

Grammar / orthography — the final heh standing in for an initial lamed of direction.

What Is Learned

The place-name Almon-diblathaim illustrates a standing orthographic pattern: a final heh may mark the directional sense that would otherwise be expressed by an initial lamed.

Sefaria — Yevamos 13b · E-Daf