The Definite Article

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The Definite Article

The Definite Article

The letter הַ (ha-) coming at the head of a noun or adjective to indicate that they are already known.

("And this name shall be unique to him... and it is a known name, it will not bear the definite article as it is added to God" - Rabbi Yehuda HaLevi / the Khuzari, Fourth Discourse, 3, 110, and likewise: "Everyone remembers the great dispute that was between him and the cantor Nissim Dweik about the definite article in one phrase in the liturgy of Ibn Ezra" - Chaim Sabato / Ke'af'afei Shachar, 30))

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הֵא הַיְּדִיעָה, הָא הַיָּדוּעַ

Definition (Hebrew)

הָאוֹת הָא הַבָּאָה בְּרֹאשׁ שֵׁם אוֹ תֹּאַר לְצַיֵּן שֶׁהֵם כְּבָר יְדוּעִים.

("וְהָיָה הַשֵּׁם הַזֶּה מְיֻחָד בְּנוֹ...וְהוּא שֵׁם נוֹדַע, לֹא יִסְבֹּל הֵ"א הַיְּדִיעָה כַּאֲשֶׁר הִיא נוֹסֶפֶת עַל אֱלֹהִים"- ר' יְהוּדָה הַלֵּוִי /הַכּוּזָרִי, מַאֲמָר רְבִיעִי, ג, 110, וְכֵן:"הַכֹּל זוֹכְרִים אֶת הַוִּכּוּחַ הַגָּדוֹל שֶׁהָיָה בֵּינוֹ לְבֵין הַחַזָּן נִסִּים דְּוֵיְק עַל הֵא הַיְּדִיעָה בְּתֵבָה אַחַת בַּפִּיּוּט שֶׁל אִבְּן עֶזְרָא"- חַיִּים סָבָתוֹ/ כְּעַפְעַפֵּי שַׁחַר, 30)

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