Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) Yankov Kaufman (or Kauffman,…

… Ezra wrote Biblical commentary, poetry, research on Hebrew grammar, writings concerning Jewish thought (including … [6] In a few places there is a deviation from the Hebrew grammar in favor of the meter, when shva nah is performed as …

… quoted] As one can see, this song suffers from problems of grammar, as also does ‘Hatikvah’ and the rest of the songs by Imber. But who cared about grammar? With a beautiful melody they used to sing the songs …

…                                     Janis, Norman. 1987.  A Grammar of the Biblical Accents . PhD diss., Harvard …