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<p>The Biblical verb חזה means to see or perceive, and is frequently used figuratively to connote prophetic vision.</p> | <p>The Biblical verb חזה means to see or perceive, and is frequently used figuratively to connote prophetic vision.</p> | ||
| − | <p>In Shemot 18:21, וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל, the verb may carry the added connotation of seeing for the purposes of selection, as per the parallel verse in Shemot 18:25 וַיִּבְחַר מֹשֶׁה אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל‎.<fn>See <multilink><a href="CassutoShemot18-21" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="CassutoShemot18-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:21</a><a href="Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About U. Cassuto</a></multilink> who notes that the root ראה also sometimes means to choose, and see <a href="Advice and Implementation/2#Included" data-aht="page">Advice and Implementation</a> for Cassuto's position that any differences between the descriptions of Yitro's advice and Moshe's implementation are merely the result of literary variation. In contrast, the <multilink><a href="MekhiltaAmalek2" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaAmalek2" data-aht="source">Yitro Amalek 2</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About the Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a></multilink> and <multilink><a href="RashiShemot18-21" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiShemot18-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:21</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About Rashi</a></multilink> explain that the choice of the word תֶחֱזֶה emphasizes the aspect of seeing with Divine inspiration or prophecy.</fn></p> | + | <p>In Shemot 18:21, וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל, the verb may carry the added connotation of seeing for the purposes of selection, as per the parallel verse in Shemot 18:25 וַיִּבְחַר מֹשֶׁה אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל‎.<fn>See <multilink><a href="CassutoShemot18-21" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="CassutoShemot18-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:21</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. U. Cassuto</a></multilink> who notes that the root ראה also sometimes means to choose, and see <a href="Advice and Implementation/2#Included" data-aht="page">Advice and Implementation</a> for Cassuto's position that any differences between the descriptions of Yitro's advice and Moshe's implementation are merely the result of literary variation. In contrast, the <multilink><a href="MekhiltaAmalek2" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaAmalek2" data-aht="source">Yitro Amalek 2</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About the Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael</a></multilink> and <multilink><a href="RashiShemot18-21" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiShemot18-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:21</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About Rashi</a></multilink> explain that the choice of the word תֶחֱזֶה emphasizes the aspect of seeing with Divine inspiration or prophecy.</fn></p> |
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The Biblical verb חזה means to see or perceive, and is frequently used figuratively to connote prophetic vision.
In Shemot 18:21, וְאַתָּה תֶחֱזֶה מִכָּל הָעָם אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל, the verb may carry the added connotation of seeing for the purposes of selection, as per the parallel verse in Shemot 18:25 וַיִּבְחַר מֹשֶׁה אַנְשֵׁי חַיִל מִכָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל.1
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