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<category>Honorific Plural | <category>Honorific Plural | ||
<p>As is the way of kings and other honored people, Hashem sometimes speaks of himself using the "royal we".</p> | <p>As is the way of kings and other honored people, Hashem sometimes speaks of himself using the "royal we".</p> | ||
| − | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonHaEmunotVeHaDeot2-6" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonHaEmunotVeHaDeot2-6" data-aht="source">HaEmunot VeHaDeot 2:6</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, Ibn Kaspi</mekorot> | + | <mekorot><multilink><a href="RSaadiaGaonHaEmunotVeHaDeot2-6" data-aht="source">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonHaEmunotVeHaDeot2-6" data-aht="source">HaEmunot VeHaDeot 2:6</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="LekachTovBereshit1-26" data-aht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovBereshit1-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:26</a><a href="LekachTovBereshit11-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 11:7</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Toviah b. Eliezer</a></multilink>, Ibn Kaspi, <multilink><a href="RSRHirschBereshit1-26" data-aht="source">R. S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschBereshit1-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:26</a><a href="RSRHirschBereshit3-22" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:22</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samson Raphael Hirsch</a></multilink></mekorot> |
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<category>Way of the Text | <category>Way of the Text | ||
<p>The use of a plural verb form for a singular noun is normal Biblical usage.</p> | <p>The use of a plural verb form for a singular noun is normal Biblical usage.</p> | ||
| − | <mekorot>R"Y Bekhor Shor #1, Shadal, R. D"Z Hoffmann</mekorot> | + | <mekorot>R"Y Bekhor Shor #1, Shadal, R. D"Z Hoffmann, Cassuto</mekorot> |
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Version as of 23:56, 3 August 2015
Divine Plurals
Exegetical Approaches
Partnership with Others
The plural form is used because Hashem either consulted, or actively acted with others. The commentators disagree regarding the identity of Hashem's partner:
Angels
Sources:Bereshit Rabbah, Targum Pseudo-Jonathan, Rashi, Rashbam, Ibn Ezra, Radak, Abarbanel #2, Seforno
Utilized the Elements
R. Yosef Kimchi, Ramban, Abarbanel #1, Maasei Hashem,
Honorific Plural
As is the way of kings and other honored people, Hashem sometimes speaks of himself using the "royal we".
Way of the Text
The use of a plural verb form for a singular noun is normal Biblical usage.
Sources:R"Y Bekhor Shor #1, Shadal, R. D"Z Hoffmann, Cassuto
