תִשבחות/תוּשבחות : עדויות חדשות ופשרן

An analysis of new findings from Hebrew liturgical poetry, from an Aramaic 'piyyut', and from a Geniza manuscript of the Palestinian Targum proves that the word תשבחות vocalized with a 'hiriq' under the 'taw' appeared first in Hebrew in Palestine, was absorbed very early in Aramaic, and was pronounced with the vowel 'i' after the initial 'taw'. The spelling and pronunciation with 'shuruq' after the initial 'taw' appeared only later in Babylonia and spread through the Jewish world with dissemination of the Babylonian rite.