Bavli / Jewish Babylonian Aramaic · Conclusions and Resolutions
לא קשיא
JBA-028Jewish Babylonian AramaicBavli and JBA discourse
ORIGINAL LANGUAGE FIRST
לָא קַשְׁיָא
Pedagogical transliterationla qashya
Plain meaningit is not difficult / there is no contradiction
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לא קשיא
After two sources appear to conflict, לא קשיא announces that the contradiction can be resolved. The following lines usually distinguish the cases: one source applies here, another there; one to this situation, another to that one.
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לָא קַשְׁיָא
ORIGINAL
JBA-028
la qashya
READING
Pedagogical reading guide
it is not difficult / there is no contradiction
MEANING
Jewish Babylonian Aramaic
REMEMBER
לא קשיא tells you a distinction is about to dissolve the contradiction.