תנא היכא קאי דקתני מאימתי
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Berakhot 2a: opening question
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תנא היכא קאי דקתני מאימתי
Transliterationtana heikha ka'ei de-katanei me-eimatai
Plain meaningWhere is the tanna standing [in the discussion] that he teaches “From when?”
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Berakhot 2a: opening question
The first Bavli reader begins with the opening of Berakhot 2a immediately after the Mishnah. The phrase מאימתי is already familiar from Mishnah Berakhot, so the learner can see how the Gemara quotes Hebrew material inside an Aramaic question. The lesson identifies תנא, היכא, קאי, דקתני, then gives a natural English explanation: what prior subject is the Mishnah assuming when it starts by asking “from when?”
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tana heikha ka'ei de-katanei me-eimatai
READINGApproved transliteration
Where is the tanna standing [in the discussion] that he teaches “From when?”
MEANINGJewish Babylonian Aramaic
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Teaching
identify quotation from Mishnah, JBA frame around it, ד־, היכא, קאי, source question, and the shift between Rabbinic Hebrew and Aramaic.