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| − | <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Shemot/13">Tanakh Lab</a> reveals that one of the most significant roots in the the chapter is "חזק".  Using the concordance to trace the usage of both the adjective and verbal root in Torah | + | <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Shemot/13">Tanakh Lab</a> reveals that one of the most significant roots in the the chapter is "חזק".  Using the concordance to trace the usage of both the adjective and verbal root in Torah demonstrates that it repeats throughout the Exodus narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obstinance in preventing the Exodus and on the other to God's mighty hand which brings it about, emphasizing the reversal and salvation that have taken place in the story.<fn>A similar transformation takes place regarding usage of the word “עבודה” in the exodus narrative. A <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/5656">concordanc</a>e search reveals that until Chapter 12 the word is used exclusively to refer to the Israelites’ slave labor; now it refers to their service of God in gratitude for their freedom.</fn> </li> |
<li><b>Articles</b> – See R. Nathaniel Helfgot שתי מילים מנחות בסיפור יציאת מצרים, who explores the usages of the two roots כבד and חזק, noting how the repetition of the roots demonstrates Hashem's measure for measure actions during the Exodus.<fn>For more general discussion of the phenomenon of keywords, see Martin Buber’s דרכו של מקרא: עיונים בדפוסי-סגנון בתנ”ך, Y. Amit and Jeffrey M. Green's <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20689238?read-now=1&seq=6#page_scan_tab_contents">‘Leading Word’ and the Problems of Its Usage,</a> and Professor Yonatan Grossman’s <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/leitwort-i">Leitwort</a>.</fn></li> | <li><b>Articles</b> – See R. Nathaniel Helfgot שתי מילים מנחות בסיפור יציאת מצרים, who explores the usages of the two roots כבד and חזק, noting how the repetition of the roots demonstrates Hashem's measure for measure actions during the Exodus.<fn>For more general discussion of the phenomenon of keywords, see Martin Buber’s דרכו של מקרא: עיונים בדפוסי-סגנון בתנ”ך, Y. Amit and Jeffrey M. Green's <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/20689238?read-now=1&seq=6#page_scan_tab_contents">‘Leading Word’ and the Problems of Its Usage,</a> and Professor Yonatan Grossman’s <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/leitwort-i">Leitwort</a>.</fn></li> | ||
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Version as of 02:45, 11 December 2023
Literary Devices – Shemot 13
Structure
Parallels and Contrasts
Key Words
חזק
- Tanakh Lab reveals that one of the most significant roots in the the chapter is "חזק". Using the concordance to trace the usage of both the adjective and verbal root in Torah demonstrates that it repeats throughout the Exodus narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obstinance in preventing the Exodus and on the other to God's mighty hand which brings it about, emphasizing the reversal and salvation that have taken place in the story.1
- Articles – See R. Nathaniel Helfgot שתי מילים מנחות בסיפור יציאת מצרים, who explores the usages of the two roots כבד and חזק, noting how the repetition of the roots demonstrates Hashem's measure for measure actions during the Exodus.2
