Mishlei 26:2 - Avian Metaphors for Gratuitous Curses (Part 2)

Um, and the puzzle is , "Katziyor lanud, kadror la'uf, kein kililas chinam lo," or "lo, savo." Right? So the "" it's written as lo with an alef, not, and it's read lo with a vav as to him.

So we translated it as, attentively, like a bird to flutter or roam, that's lanud, and a sparrow or swallow or bat, la'uf, to fly.

So too, or I guess, so a baseless or unwarranted or causeless curse will not come...

Well, sorry.

So the "" is will not come, and then the "ki" is will come to him.

Okay.

Um, uh, a couple little...

Actually, I'll, I'll save the summary for later.

Okay, fine.

Okay.

So our questions were, what is the exact...

Oh, you know what? Hold on just a second here.

I...

Did we...

Okay, fine.

Okay, uh, questions.

What is the exact relationship between the 担忧 and the nimshal? Which or how many characteristics are carried over from the bird behavior to the kililas chinam dynamics? Two, what does lo tavo mean? Uh, or I guess lo tavo or lo tavo.

Um, how many mashalim is this? Is it one or two, meaning the two birds? Um, uh, is it just a repetition or is it, uh, two distinct mashalim? Four, what's the difference between lanud and la'uf? Are they synonyms or two subtly different verbs or two radically different verbs? Uh, I'm gonna go ahead and collapse that into the first question.

Uh, last question, what exactly are we supposed to assume about tzipor and daror in the mashalim? What's the spec- what's the difference between them? Regardless of how one identifies each bird, why is the first generic and the second specific? 'Cause tzipor is a generic term, daror seems like a specific species.

Um, five, what is a kilalas chinam? In what sense is it chinam, and how is that determined? Six, is this limited to kilalas chinam? Um, oh, you know, I, I wanna say this also.

Um, where's the kilalas chinam? Is a...

Actually, you know what? I, I wanna make this a separate question.

I, I, I, I think this should...

I don't think we ask this later on.

What is a klalah in this context? Oops, sorry.