Kri and Ktiv - Game #6

Over the next several days, I'm going to be using my allocated "Balashon" time to better organize my sources. This should hopefully result in more interesting and robust posts.

In the meantime, I'm bumping this Kri and Ktiv game, since I never got any guesses...

So give it a shot!
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a) just as bad
b) Yaakov hit it

A belated congratulations to Omer for his solution of Game #5. He even put his own difficult challenge in the comments!

Kri and Ktiv - Game #5

Well.... Kri and Ktiv Game #4 finally has a winner! Simon has done it again...

I think this one should be much easier (but I haven't been a very good judge of difficulty in the past.)

a) royalty check
b) if I don't pay the rent

Kri and Ktiv - Game #4

Time for a new game! (Since there hasn't been a successful guess, I'm adding another clue.)

a) quiet thanks
b) he encouraged his aunts
c) earliest sanctification

Kri and Ktiv - Game #3

I'm not sure if it's a good sign that I'm having a much harder time coming up with the clues than you are with the answers, but here goes:

a) top
b) Lynch's fate

Kri and Ktiv - Game #2

Well, you solved the last one pretty quickly.

This one hopefully will take a little longer (but it is timely...):

a) Reviva's rubric
b) Not from his age

NEW: Kri and Ktiv - Game #1

I thought I'd try something a little new here at Balashon - a game I've decided to call Kri and Ktiv (Read and Write).

I will provide two hints in English, each referring to a Hebrew word. Both Hebrew words will be homographs of each other. The goal will be to figure out what Hebrew homograph I'm describing.

So for example, if I write:
a) "pillar"
b) "stand up"
I'm thinking of the Hebrew עמוד - amud meaning "pillar" and amod meaning "stand up".

You should know that the Hebrew word can be spelled with full or partial vowels, and the meanings (the hints) can refer to Biblical, Talmudic, Medieval, Modern Hebrew or slang.

I'm probably going to need to try this out a few times until I get the skill level correct. This first one shouldn't be too hard:

a) element
b) skilled

Put your answers in the comments (if you can't type in Hebrew, just spell out the letters). The first one to get it right will get their name (and site link if they'd like) in the sidebar!