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| − | <li>The words “הַקֻּבָּה” and “קֳבָתָהּ” (verse 8) are both unique and appear no where else in Tanakh.  Many commentators (see Rashi, Rashbam, and Ibn Ezra) translate the first as “tent” and the second as “her stomach.”  These words are perhaps chosen as plays on words both with each other and with the root “קבב" (curse), which appears 8 times in Torah, all in the immediately preceding story of Balak and Bilam.< | + | <li>The words “הַקֻּבָּה” and “קֳבָתָהּ” (verse 8) are both unique and appear no where else in Tanakh.  Many commentators (see Rashi, Rashbam, and Ibn Ezra) translate the first as “tent” and the second as “her stomach.”  These words are perhaps chosen as plays on words both with each other and with the root “קבב" (curse), which appears 8 times in Torah, all in the immediately preceding story of Balak and Bilam.<fn>Listen to <a href="https://www.yutorah.org/sidebar/lecturedata/1069334/The-Unusual-and-Reprehensible-Worship-of-BaalPeor">The Unusual and Reprehensible Worship of Baal Peor</a>, by R. Yitzchak Etshalom, which makes this point. </fn> The association highlights the cursed nature of the act of Zimri and Kozbi.</li> |
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Latest revision as of 22:45, 9 June 2024
Literary Devices – Bemidbar 25
Wordplay
הַקֻּבָּה vs. קֳבָתָהּ
- The words “הַקֻּבָּה” and “קֳבָתָהּ” (verse 8) are both unique and appear no where else in Tanakh. Many commentators (see Rashi, Rashbam, and Ibn Ezra) translate the first as “tent” and the second as “her stomach.” These words are perhaps chosen as plays on words both with each other and with the root “קבב" (curse), which appears 8 times in Torah, all in the immediately preceding story of Balak and Bilam.1 The association highlights the cursed nature of the act of Zimri and Kozbi.
