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− | <category>Structure | + | Nechama Leibowitz has noted that Hashem's speech to Moshe in 6:2-8 has a chiastic structure, lending it a formal, majestic air. The middle verses mark the turning point, Hashem's promise of redemption, where the nation will move from being slaves to Paroh to being servants of Hashem. |
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+ | <p>A - I am Hashem - אֲנִי י״י  (verse 2)</p> | ||
+ | <p style="padding-left: 30px;"> B - Mention of Patriarchs (verse 3) </p> | ||
+ | <p style="padding-left: 60px;">C - Promise of land (verse 4) </p> | ||
+ | <p style="padding-left: 90px;">D - Description of servitude to Egypt (verse 5) </p> | ||
+ | <p style="padding-left: 90px;">D - Promise of redemption from servitude; becoming God's nation (verses 6-7) </p> | ||
+ | <p style="padding-left: 60px;">C - Promise of land (verse 8) </p> | ||
+ | <p style="padding-left: 30px;">B - Mention of Patriarchs (verse 8) </p> | ||
+ | <p>A - I am Hashem – אֲנִי י״י  (verse 8)</p> | ||
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+ | <li>Nechama Leibowitz discusses this structure both in her <a href="https://www.nechama.org.il/pages/466.html">Gilyonot</a> on the parasha, and in עיונים חדשים בספר שמות (ירושלים): 85-88.  She notes that the unit divides into two halves: Hashem's message to Moshe (1-5) and the message Moshe is supposed to relay to Israel (6-8). There is a four-fold repetition of the phrase "אני ה', at the beginning, the end, and twice in the middle, framing the turning point, Hashem's promise of redemption.</li> | ||
+ | <li>See also  R. Elchanan Samet’s <a href="https://www.hatanakh.com/sites/herzog/files/herzog/%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%AA%20%D7%A9%D7%91%D7%95%D7%A2_107.pdf">נאום ה’ בראש הפרשה: מבנהו ומשמעותו</a> for in-depth analysis of the speech, suggesting a similar structure to that of N. Leibowitz.</li> | ||
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Version as of 05:25, 10 August 2023
Literary Devices – Shemot 6
Chiastic Structure Nechama Leibowitz has noted that Hashem's speech to Moshe in 6:2-8 has a chiastic structure, lending it a formal, majestic air. The middle verses mark the turning point, Hashem's promise of redemption, where the nation will move from being slaves to Paroh to being servants of Hashem.
Structure
A - I am Hashem - אֲנִי י״י (verse 2)
B - Mention of Patriarchs (verse 3)
C - Promise of land (verse 4)
D - Description of servitude to Egypt (verse 5)
D - Promise of redemption from servitude; becoming God's nation (verses 6-7)
C - Promise of land (verse 8)
B - Mention of Patriarchs (verse 8)
A - I am Hashem – אֲנִי י״י (verse 8)
Secondary Literature
- Nechama Leibowitz discusses this structure both in her Gilyonot on the parasha, and in עיונים חדשים בספר שמות (ירושלים): 85-88. She notes that the unit divides into two halves: Hashem's message to Moshe (1-5) and the message Moshe is supposed to relay to Israel (6-8). There is a four-fold repetition of the phrase "אני ה', at the beginning, the end, and twice in the middle, framing the turning point, Hashem's promise of redemption.
- See also R. Elchanan Samet’s נאום ה’ בראש הפרשה: מבנהו ומשמעותו for in-depth analysis of the speech, suggesting a similar structure to that of N. Leibowitz.