I have inquired of my husband, Larry, and he said that it is pronounced customarily ka'atu but more accurately, ka'ato. Found in Epstein, Dikduke Aramit Bavlit, p. 96. It means "they came." It is called a durative form. The past tense and the kuf makes it durative (even though kuf usually is a present tense indicator). It is vocalized kuf (kamets)alef (hataf patah) and the vav has either shuruk or holem. If it means "they came," it makes perfect sense in the sentence.
Scrap the pelican! MRS Dear Friends, > > I am cataloging an edition of Azulai's 'Avodat ha-kodesh, which contains > seven works that seem to be called, together, "kokhve lekhet." The > statement of responsibility says these seven works are > > ëëåëáéí îàéøéí åîæäéøéí îëç âáøà øáà ÷àúå > > I think I get all that until we come to the pelican. ÷àú = "pelican" in > Aramaic, right?. What do we have here, a "man of great pelican"? "A man, > great his pelican"? I have a feeling we're dealing with something like > çñéã in Hebrew, but what, exactly? > > Please enlighten me. Thank you. > > Joan >
