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Does anyone out there know how the word (and Gemara Masechta) “מכות” became “מלכות” with a ‘ל?
How did Yakov become Yankev
מכות means to hit
מלקות is whipping
They’re two different words
It’s not מלכות, it’s מלקות.
I’m not just correcting a spelling mistake, I’m pointing out that it’s a different word.
>>>How did Yakov become Yankev
That one is easy. In many countries the letter AYIN was pronounced as an ANG sound . The word Shemah would be pronounced Shmang but with very little emphasis on the G. Therefore the name Yaakov would always have been pronounced as Yankov by them. (Actually Yankgev but with so little emphasis on hte g that it sounded like Yankev)
Even today in Amsterdam children are still taught that an AIYN in ang, Briskers repeat the words in Shema with an AIYN to also make that sound in case it is correct and some of the old time Yekke shuls still insist that whoever davens for the amud pronounces “Elokei Yangkov”.
The word RA (resh ayin) has no letter Shin.
So where did the letter Shin in the word RASHA come from?
Where did the 4-pronged letter Shin in the tefillin shel rosh come from?
“Does anyone out there know how the word (and Gemara Masechta) “מכות” became “מלקות.” with a ‘ל?”
I would ask the reverse. The Mesechta discusses מלקות, (at least the third perek does and I guess the first sugya in discussing eideim zomim who get מלקות does) . why is it called מכות?
The masechta is known as Maseches Makos, not Maseches Malkus. DaasYochid is correct, it’s 2 seperate words.
The Lashon of the pasuk is Ish Ki YAKEH es Chavero,” so that’s where the Masechta of Makos got its name. The name of the punishment is Malkus.Correction. The Lashon of the Pasuk referring to Malkus is “Arbaim Yakenu.”
I suggest that the inference of מכות is a plague that is indiscriminate. On the other hand, מלקות is a consequence delivered to someone who earned it, and is the only one directly affected. As noted in an earlier comment, the name for the מסכת is derived from the posuk of איש כי יכה את רעהו in which the victim is specified. That’s my thought.
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