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| − | <p><a href="Shemot18-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:11</a> records Yitro recognition of Hashem's greatness in the words "עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי גָדוֹל ה' מִכָּל הָאֱלֹהִים". The reason given for this sudden realization is the enigmatic phrase כִּי בַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר זָדוּ עֲלֵיהֶם. However, almost every word of this phrase is ambiguous:<fn>See <multilink><a href="Cassuto18-11" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="Cassuto18-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:11</a><a href="Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About U. Cassuto</a></multilink> who sums up by saying: כל הפירושים השונים וכל התיקונים השונים שהוצעו על מילים סתומות אלו אינם מתקבלים על הדעת.</fn></p> | + | <p><a href="Shemot18-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:11</a> records Yitro recognition of Hashem's greatness in the words "עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי גָדוֹל ה' מִכָּל הָאֱלֹהִים". The reason given for this sudden realization is the enigmatic phrase כִּי בַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר זָדוּ עֲלֵיהֶם. However, almost every word of this phrase is ambiguous:<fn>See <multilink><a href="Cassuto18-11" data-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="Cassuto18-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:11</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. U. Cassuto</a></multilink> who sums up by saying: כל הפירושים השונים וכל התיקונים השונים שהוצעו על מילים סתומות אלו אינם מתקבלים על הדעת.</fn></p> |
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<li>What is the matter (דָּבָר) which led to Yitro's acknowledgment of Hashem's greatness?</li> | <li>What is the matter (דָּבָר) which led to Yitro's acknowledgment of Hashem's greatness?</li> | ||
Latest revision as of 13:29, 19 February 2015
כי בדבר אשר זדו עליהם – Power and Justice
Introduction
Shemot 18:11 records Yitro recognition of Hashem's greatness in the words "עַתָּה יָדַעְתִּי כִּי גָדוֹל ה' מִכָּל הָאֱלֹהִים". The reason given for this sudden realization is the enigmatic phrase כִּי בַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר זָדוּ עֲלֵיהֶם. However, almost every word of this phrase is ambiguous:1
- What is the matter (דָּבָר) which led to Yitro's acknowledgment of Hashem's greatness?
- What is the root and meaning of "זָדוּ"?
- To whom does "against them" (עֲלֵיהֶם) refer?
