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  • ...mells (Bereshit 8:21), hears (Bemidbar 11:1), sits (Yeshayhu 6:1), stands (Shemot 17:6), remembers (Bereshit 8:1), and sleeps (Tehillim 78:65).</fn><sup><br/ ...ashem is physical but does not necessarily have a body.&#160; In Devarim 4:24 and 9:3 it says that Hashem is a burning fire.<fn>However, see Melakhim I 1
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 24</h1> ...y of revelation in Devarim 5.&#160; The appearance of the phrase in Shemot 24, ostensibly after the giving of the Decalogue, raises questions as to the t
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  • <h1>Puzzles – Shemot 18</h1> <li>How does Tanakh refer to the respective fathers-in-law of the husband and wife?
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 16</h1> ...anna and the Paschal Sacrifice</a>, Prof. Yonatan Grossman points out that Shemot 15-17 are arranged according to the following chiasm:&#160;</p><ul>
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  • <li>How does Tanakh refer to the respective fathers-in-law of the husband and wife? <li>What son-in-law and daughter-in-law relationships are described in Tanakh?
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  • <h1>Parashat Shemot – Selected Highlights</h1> ...ging place in Shemot 4:24-26 is one of the <b>most bizarre</b> episodes in Tanakh. R. Elazar HaModai says it was all caused because Moshe promised one of hi
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  • ...are several similarities between the Sinaitic Covenant described in Shemot 24, and the story of Akeidat Yitzchak.&#160; The analysis below will attempt t ...til he and Yitzchak return ("וְנָשׁוּבָה אֲלֵיכֶם"), just as Moshe (Shemot 24:14) tells the elders to "sit here" ("שְׁבוּ לָנוּ בָזֶה") u
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 33</h1> ...h in common with Hashem's revelation to Moshe after the sin of the calf in Shemot 33.</p>
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  • <p><a href="Shemot24-1-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 24</a>&#160;describes the covenant at Sinai. After detailing the bringing of s ...hemuel I 22:17</a>, and <a href="ShemuelI24-6" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 24:6</a>.</fn>&#160; Does this imply that the nobles were deserving of punishm
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  • <h1>Overview – Context and Chronology – Shemot 18</h1> ...lace, and if not, why the Torah placed it here. See <a href="Chronology – Shemot 18" data-aht="page">Chronology</a> for a full discussion of this topic.</li
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  • ...mot 3-4), and later, when giving him the Tablets of the Law (Shemot 19-20, 24, 33-34). Eliyahu, too, receives a revelation on the mountain after he is fo ...Shemot 2:12, Melakhim I 18:40) prompting the king to call for their death (Shemot 2:15, Melakhim I 19:2).&#160; Both prophets then escape and eventually arri
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  • ...ns of two" ; hence the Hebrew term "שניים שהם אחד" (two which are one). In Tanakh there are several phrases which have been understood by some to be a hendia <category>Proposed Hendiadys in Tanakh
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  • ...husband) – see <a href="Bereshit38-11" data-aht="source">Bereshit 38:11,16,24,</a> <a href="Vayikra18-15" data-aht="source">Vayikra 18:15</a>, <a href="V ...us is on the relationship between son-in-law and father-in-law because, in Tanakh, the contracting of a marital relationship is with the father of the bride
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  • <p>There are several instances in Tanakh in which Hashem promises a child to a childless parent (as He promises Avra ...0;demonstrates that Bereshit 18 is most linguistically similar to Bereshit 24, which details the selection of Rivka as the wife of Yitzchak. This reflect
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  • ...-4" data-aht="source">Shofetim 19:4,7,9</a>. חֹתֶנֶת appears only once in Tanakh – <a href="Devarim27-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:23</a>.</li> <li>Etymology – "חֹתֵן" is used in Tanakh to refer to the father of the wife with whom the <a href="Dictionary:חָת
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  • ...ks up the flow of the nationally focused narrative (see <a href="Context – Shemot 18" data-aht="page">Context</a>)?</p>
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Bereshit 24</h1> ...t="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit24-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 24:7</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Ki
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  • ...e closure of the first stage of human history in the eyes of Tanakh. Sefer Shemot will open the next stage with a narrative of prolific birth.</li> ...<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/narrative-demarcation-i-you-have-set-inviolable">Narrative Demarcation (I)
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 34</h1> ...h in common with Hashem's revelation to Moshe after the sin of the calf in Shemot 33-34.</p>
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  • <li>Various forms of the verb שלח appear over 800 times in Tanakh, and all of the forms are related to the same basic meaning of sending.</li ..."/5#">Yirmeyahu 3:1</a>. Regarding <a href="Shemot18-2" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:2</a>, see <a href="אחר שלוחיה – Who Sent What to Whom" data-
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  • <content>Commentaries on all 24 books of Tanakh ([[#Works|links]]), מוסר המלכים&#8206;, שמחת הרגל</conten <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Commentaries on all 24 books of Tanakh [Links: <a href="http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/vl/tohen.asp?id=412">Torah and
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  • ...rs at Sinai&#8206;<fn>See <a href="Shemot24-1-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 24:1-12</a> where we are told, "וַיִּרְאוּ אֵת אֱלֹהֵי י� ...fn>&#160; Even Moshe is told in <a href="Shemot33-11-23" data-aht="source">Shemot 33:20</a>:</p>
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 32</h1> ...appears a full 19 times in the chapter.&#160; Nechama Leibowitz notes that Tanakh uses it artfully to subtly reveal Hashem and Moshe's feelings as Hashem acc
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  • ...al narrative in which a basic narrative sequence appears multiple times in Tanakh, each time with modifications that serve the needs of the specific unit. Pa ...el with the stories to Avraham's servant (Bereshit24) and Moshe in Midyan (Shemot 2) can be revealing.</li>
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  • <li>Laws relating to the sin of the congregation, the עדה (verses 24-26) recall the word “עדה” which appears eight times in Bemidbar 14.< ...lls to mind the only other use of this word in Torah, in Paroh’s decree of Shemot 5:7, and perhaps symbolizes a desire to return to Egypt as expressed in 14:
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  • <h1>Chronology – Shemot 18</h1> ...8/Audio1.ogg" type="audio/ogg"></a><a href="/Media/2Shemot/18/Chronology – Shemot 18/Audio1.mp3" type="audio/mpeg"></a></audio>
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  • <h1>Shabbat Table Topics – Shemot 18</h1> ...18" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="Abarbanel18" data-aht="source">Shemot 18</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About Abarbanel</a
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 32</h1> <category>The Sin of the Calf in Shemot 32 and Devarim 9
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  • <content>Commentaries on Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Devarim, ספר מלמד להועיל, ראיות מכריעות ...nvited R. D"Z Hoffmann to join the faculty and teach Talmud, Halakhah, and Tanakh.</li>
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  • ...which discuss the counting of the nation in the Wilderness (Shemot 12:37, Shemot 30:12 / 38:26, Bemidbar 1, Bemidbar 11:21, and Bemidbar 26). </li> ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bemidbar:1:1-2:34&amp;c2=Bemidbar:26:1-26:65&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab </a>to compare the two censuses that frame Sefer Bemidbar.&#160; Both t
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 24</h1> ...ordering of the laws.</fn> Thus R. Leibtag suggests that the legal unit of Shemot 20-23 is set up as a chiasm:</p><p>A) Covenant a Sinai (19:1-20:17)</p><p s
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 2</h1> ...y impacted by his experiences as a child.</fn> and a conclusion (verses 23-24 which speak of Hashem hearing the nation's cries).&#160; According to this
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  • ...18" data-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="Abarbanel18" data-aht="source">Shemot 18</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About Abarbanel</a ...habbat table, drawing on material from both Shemot 18 and other stories in Tanakh which relate to Moshe's leadership qualities. For more, see <a href="Did Mo
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  • Shemot 18, Bemidbar 11, and Devarim 1</h1> ...e relationship between the three accounts, the primary question is whether Shemot 18 and Bemidbar 11 speak of events which occurred at totally different time
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  • ...7-4" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiShemot7-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 7:4</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. S ...nthropomorphic verses</b> – According to this approach it is expected that Tanakh should talk about Hashem as if he has a body.</point>
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  • ...emidbar 26.&#160; A comparison of the verses highlights that the census of Shemot and Bemidbar 1, taken a&#160; few months apart, resulted in identical talli ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bemidbar:1:1-2:34&amp;c2=Bemidbar:26:1-26:65&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab </a>to compare the two censuses that frame Sefer Bemidbar, that describ
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  • ...ings, at the end of which (<a href="Bemidbar24" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:25</a>) Bilam goes home. Bilam then appears again during the battle with th ...rael in the desert in <a href="Yehoshua24-9-10" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 24:9-10</a> and <a href="Mikhah6-5" data-aht="source">Mikhah 6:5</a>. Who is B
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 4</h1> <li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Shemot/4/1/4/31">Tanakh Lab</a>&#160;demonstrates that the word that appears with the greatest freq
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 1</h1> ...ural units of the chapter and their relationship, see <a href="Structure – Shemot 1" data-aht="page">Structure</a>.</p>
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  • ...–&#160;<multilink><a href="#" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot 18:1</a></multilink>. For discussion, see&#160; <a href="Yitro – Names" d ...data-aht="source">1:13</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink>. For discussion, see: <a href="Who are the Midwives"
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  • ...and the only two where a מחתה is used.<fn>In one of the other three cases, Shemot 40:27, no mention is made of any tool, and in the other two cases, Yechezke ...hem's appearance, people fall over: "וַיִּפְּלוּ עַל פְּנֵיהֶם" (Vayikra 9:24, Bemidbar 16:22, and 17:10).</li>
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  • <p>The above cases are by no means the only stories in Tanakh in which there seems to be collective punishment. From the Flood in the tim ...ne who enslaved the Israelites (<a href="Shemot12-29-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:29-30</a>).<fn>The decree extended even to children of prisoners who wer
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  • ...vraham and Iyyov were two of the most devout believers in God to appear in Tanakh, and that both managed to preserve their faith despite many trials and hard ...yyov 1:3</a>) and after (<a href="Bereshit24-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 24:1</a>,<a href="Bereshit24-35" data-aht="source">35</a> and <a href="Iyyov42
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  • ...ars in only three places in Tanakh: <a href="Shemot8-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:16-28</a>, <a href="Tehillim78-45" data-aht="source">Tehillim 78:45</a>, ...me exegetes combine the different possibilities – see Midrash Tehillim and Shemot Rabbah 11:2.</fn></p>
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  • ...ת אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד"). Both of these aspects are made explicit by the verses in Shemot 30, and their relationship will be the focus of our analysis:</p> ...trast to the surrounding units (see <a href="Shemot30-8" data-aht="source">Shemot 30:8</a>,<a href="Shemot30-21" data-aht="source">21</a>,<a href="Shemot30-3
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  • <li>Shemot – 1 Elul 5090 (August 17, 1330)</li> <p>Ralbag's commentaries on Bereshit, Shemot, Iyyov, and Kohelet follow a tripartite structure, in which he employs thre
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  • <p>There are a number of stories in Tanakh which describe friendly encounters with foreign dignitaries:</p> ...d a <i>kohen</i> (<a href="Bereshit14-18" data-aht="source">Bereshit 14:18-24</a>).</li>
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  • <p><a href="Shemot21-22-25" data-aht="source">Shemot 21:22-23</a> describes a scenario in which two men brawl and a pregnant wom <li><b>"וְיָצְאוּ יְלָדֶיהָ"</b> – This phrase is not found elsewhere in Tanakh.&#160; Does it refer to a miscarriage, or only a premature birth?</li>
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  • ...of Yefet b. Eli in MGWJ (1897): 205 and Aharon b. Eliyahu in Keter Torah, Shemot p. 143. Ibn Ezra in his Short Commentary cites this position in the name of ...e principle of "מידה כנגד מידה", or "just deserts", is a dominant motif in Tanakh.<fn>It should be noted, though, that many of these instances are with regar
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  • ...data-aht="source">Keli Yekar</a><a href="KeliYekar18-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:1</a><a href="R. Shelomo Ephraim Luntschitz (Keli Yekar)" data-aht="pars <point><b>Timing</b> – See <a href="Chronology – Shemot 18" data-aht="page">Chronology</a> for the range of opinions as to when Yit
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  • ...</b>".</fn> and the Thirteen Attributes of Mercy<fn>The text below is from Shemot 34 where the Attributes are first transmitted to Moshe. A condensed version ..."לְשֹׂנְאָי" and "לְאֹהֲבַי וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מִצְוֹתָי" which do not appear in Shemot 34.</li>
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  • ...aht="source">Cassuto</a><a href="UCassutoShemot25-23-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 25:23-30</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. ...the frankinsence<fn>See <a href="Vayikra24-5-9" data-aht="source">Vayikra 24:5-9</a> that this was placed with the bread.</fn> and the מנקיות were
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  • <p>There are several words In Tanakh which are treated as both masculine and feminine, at times taking a masculi ...e case), with&#160;<a href="Yechezkel21-24" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 21:24</a> (מֵאֶרֶץ <b>אֶחָד</b>), where it is masculine.<fn>See also
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  • ...rce">Shemot 24:1</a><a href="RashiShemot24-10-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 24:10-11</a><a href="RashiBemidbar11-16" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 11:16</a>< ...י הָאָדָם וָחָי".&#8206;<fn>See <a href="Shemot33-18-23" data-aht="source">Shemot 33:20</a>.</fn> Accordingly, one might question why Hashem would have invit
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  • <h1>Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</h1> <category>Treaties in Tanakh
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 30-31</h1> ...orah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Shemot:25:1-31:18&amp;c2=Shemot:35:1-39:43&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a> to compare the two sets of chapters.&#160; The comparison highlight
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  • <h1>Textual Variants – Shemot 18</h1> ...llels 18:13-16. The <a href="18:1-12_17-24" data-aht="subpage">18:1-12,17-24 Table</a> compares the Masoretic Text with 4Q14 and 4Q11.</p></fn> the reco
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  • <p>At times Tanakh switches from speaking in second person to third person (or vice versa) whe ...e">Bereshit 49:4</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot20-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:1</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Be
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  • ...when Moshe marries Zipporah and shepherds Yitro's flock, and then again in Shemot 18 when Yitro comes to visit Moshe in the wilderness. At each of these crit ...rce">R. Saadia Gaon</a><a href="Rasag18-8" data-aht="source">Commentary on Shemot 18:8-21</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon
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  • ...lity the blessings and curses were given along with the Covenant of Shemot 24.&#160; As such they refer only to those commandments given at Sinai, those ...data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamShemot12-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:1</a><a href="RashbamVayikra25-1" data-aht="source">Vayikra 25:1</a><a h
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  • <p>A middle position focuses on the description of the choosing of Aharon in Shemot 28, setting his selection prior to the story of the Calf.&#160; In anticipa ...data-aht="source">3:17</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="PirkeiDeRabbiEliezer36" data-ah
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  • ...ily form, physically seeing Hashem is impossible. Any visions of Hashem in Tanakh must be understood either to have taken place in a prophetic dream (where m ...">Daat Zekeinim</a><a href="DaatZekeinimShemot24" data-aht="source">Shemot 24</a><a href="Daat Zekeinim" data-aht="parshan">About Daat Zekeinim</a></mult
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  • ...Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotSecondCommentary32-29" data-aht="source">Shemot Second Commentary 32:29</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan" ...id (<a href="DivreiHaYamimI23-24-32" data-aht="source">Divrei HaYamim I 23:24-28</a>), Chizkiyahu (<a href="DivreiHaYamimII31-17" data-aht="source">Divre
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  • <h1>Chronology – Shemot 18</h1> ...ee his (earlier) <a href="BiurShemot18-27" data-aht="source">commentary to Shemot 18:27</a> where he proposes that Yitro's departure took place only in the s
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  • ...-aht="source">Shemot 12:29</a><a href="RashiShemot32-35" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:35</a><a href="RashiBemidbar16-22" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 16:22</a>< ...e punishment</b> – These commentators try to explain away all the cases in Tanakh where there seems to be collective punishment by suggesting that in each in
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  • <!--<button onclick="Open({topic:'Literary Devices – Shemot 18',page:'Analysis2'})" style="position:absolute;top:11px;right:13px;">Go t <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 18</h1>
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  • ...="source">Vilna Gaon</a><a href="VilnaGaonGRAShemot30-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 30:1</a><a href="R. Eliyahu of Vilna (Vilna Gaon – GR%22A)" data-aht="par <point><b>Evidence of this atoning role</b> – Several passages in Tanakh support the notion that the Incense Altar and and the offering of incense h
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  • ...text, as evidenced by dates, relative ages, or even geographical data.<fn>Tanakh often traces people's travels, so knowing where an event took place might a ...the nation's journey to Canaan (<a href="Shemot16-32-35" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:32-35</a>).</li>
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  • ...e word "יֵצֵאוּ" to mean "depart", in line with the word's common usage in Tanakh.</point> ...leave.<fn>See similar usage of the word in Bereshit 1:12, Bereshit 35:11, Shemot 8:14, and Yeshayahu 61:11.</fn></point>
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  • <h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> ...he subject ("וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם" or "וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה") . At times, though, Tanakh employs a form known as "עבר מהופך",&#160; beginning with the subje
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  • <content>Commentaries on Tanakh and Talmud, Sifrut Debei Rashi</content> <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Rashi wrote commentaries on all of Tanakh.</li>
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  • ...ples where the verb "היה" does not conform with gender, see:&#160;Bereshit 24:43 (<b>וְהָיָה הָעַלְמָה</b> הַיֹּצֵאת לִשְׁ� ...2" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiShemot17-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 17:12</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R.
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  • <p>As Tanakh does not provide accompanying maps, we must piece together different textua ...i</a>.</fn>, this would argue for a similar placement of Midyan.<fn>Ramban Shemot 18:1 and Abarbanel Bemidbar 10 advocate for a Midyan close to Mt. Sinai. H
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  • ...e">Bereshit 12:1</a><a href="RadakBereshit24-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 24:4</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Ki ...Chapter 11.<fn>For further discussion and other examples of achronology in Tanakh, see <a href="Chronological and Thematic Order" data-aht="page">Chronologic
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  • ...its value. The word "בְּכֹרָה" appears in only two other contexts in the Tanakh, in the laws of inheritance of <a href="Devarim21-15" data-aht="source">Dev ...y, Hashem refers to the Children of Israel as "בְּנִי בְכֹרִי יִשְׂרָאֵל" (Shemot 4:22). This implies a special status of a chosen nation, unconnected to fi
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24</h1> ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:12:3-12:3&amp;c2=Bemidbar:22:6-22:6&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a> to compare Bereshit 12:3 and Bemidbar 22:6. In the former, Hashem p
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  • <li><b>Work of the Levites</b> – Bemidbar 4:24-28, which discusses the tasks of the Gershonites, both opens and closes wit ...<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/chiastic-and-concentric-structures">Chiastic and Concentric Structures</a>.
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  • ...tps://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Olam_HaMikra/Shemot/28.17#m4e0n6">Olam HaMIkra Shemot 28</a>.</p></div> ...ht="source">Shemot 28:17</a> and <a href="Shemot39-8-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 39:10</a>) and the stones of Gan Eden (<a href="Yechezkel28-13" data-aht="s
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  • ...-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiShemot24-10" data-aht="source">Shemot 24:10</a><a href="RashiVayikra10-1-3" data-aht="source">Vayikra 10:1-3</a><a h ...acle, it is possible that the brothers encountered it upon their entry.<fn>Shemot 40:35 records that when Hashem's glory filled the Tabernacle, even Moshe hi
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  • ...or differing literary genres. Even when two units do not overlap in time, Tanakh might prefer to arrange certain units thematically, grouping together simil <p>Tanakh will often prefer thematic ordering over strict chronology, juxtaposing rel
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  • ...eir assignments.&#160; There are several other examples of this throughout Tanakh:<br/> ...but also kill all firstborns has been understood by several sources<fn>See Shemot Rabbah, <multilink><a href="RadakBereshit15-14" data-aht="source">Radak</a>
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  • <p>Tanakh, like many written works, is filled with repetitions. Sometimes verses repe <p>Some cases of repetition in Tanakh might be accounted for by the principle commonly known as a "כלל ופר�
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  • <p>Rambam and Ralbag attempt to minimize the supernatural events of Tanakh, suggesting that Hashem attempts to preserve natural order as much as possi <p>The number of seemingly supernatural phenomena described in Tanakh is minimized, either by suggesting that the stories should not be read lite
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  • ...ird appearnce is in Iyyov 1:17. The term "אַשְׁמֹרֶת" appears in Shemot 14:24, Tehillim 63:7, 90:4, 119:148, and Eicha 2:19.</fn> Similarly, only a handf ...n> and there is a "חֲרָדָה בַמַּחֲנֶה" in only two other instances.<fn>See Shemot 19:17 and Shemuel I 28:5.</fn>&#160; The phrase "כַּחוֹל אֲשֶׁ�
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  • ...urce">Shemot 17 Questions</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot17" data-aht="source">Shemot 17</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim25" data-aht="source">Devarim 25</a><a href= ...-aht="source">Shemot 1:15</a><a href="ShadalShemot17-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 17:14</a><a href="ShadalDevarim25-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 25:12</a><a
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  • ...n>The word is difficult to define as it appears in only one other place in Tanakh, Tehillim 42:8.</fn> and what role did it play in David's plan?</p><ul> ...y's walls). This might be supported by the word's only other appearance in Tanakh, "תְּהוֹם אֶל תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּו
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  • ...Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheYehoshua7-24" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 7:24</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">Ab ...nt's sins",&#8206;<fn>See <a href="Devarim24-16" data-aht="source">Devarim 24:16</a>.&#160; Hoil Moshe explains that though there is also a principle of
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  • ...le.</fn> Moreover,&#160;<a href="Yehoshua24-31" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 24:31</a> shares that the nation as a whole were god-fearing and served Hashem ...a-aht="source">Shemot 24:13</a>, <a href="Shemot33-5-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 33:11</a>, <a href="Bemidbar11-26-29" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 11:28</a>,
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  • ...assuto</a><a href="UCassutoBereshit4-2324" data-aht="source">Bereshit 4:23,24</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. Umberto C ...though often in Tanakh the word "יֶלֶד" clearly refers to a baby or child (Shemot 2:3,10 and Shemuel II 12:15), at times it is used to connote a young adult.
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  • <content>Tanakh and Talmud commentaries</content> ...997).</fn> pointing, among other things, to his commentary to Yeshayahu 33:24, where he writes "מפי רבנו שמואל".</li>
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  • ...ht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovShemot15-25" data-aht="source">Shemot 15:25</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">Abo ...he parallel verse "וְאֵלֶּה הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר תָּשִׂים לִפְנֵיהֶם" in Shemot 21:1 also refers to the giving of mitzvot, and this may underlie R. Yehuda'
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  • ...f Hashem" in its last chapter.</fn>&#160; They are the only two leaders in Tanakh to merit the title.</li> ...r Moshe asks, "Who am I to go to Paroh" Hashem says, "I will be with you" (Shemot 3:12).&#160; Hashem echoes this encouragement to Yehoshua, telling him "As
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  • ...ref="RAvrahamShemot20-1" data-aht="source">cited by R. Avraham b. HaRambam Shemot 20:1</a><a href="R. Avraham HeChasid" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham H ..."פָּנִים אֶל פָּנִים" appears regarding Hashem's communication with Moshe (Shemot 33:11, Devarim 34:10) and Yaakov and Gidon's encounters with angels (Beresh
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  • ...source">Bereshit 22:1</a><a href="RashbamShemot12-40-41" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:40-41</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About ...15:13</a> (400 years) and&#160;<a href="Shemot12-40-41" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:40-41</a> (430 years). This position maintains that the 400 years starte
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  • ...albim</a><a href="MalbimBereshit18-23-24" data-aht="source">Bereshit 18:23-24</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Me ...n Tanakh, though, the word is masculine. See, for instance: Bereshit 30:2, Shemot 22:23, and 32:10.</fn></point>
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  • ...>Bemidbar 24:1</a><a href="MalbimBemidbar24-14" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 24:14</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. <point><b>Bilam's character</b> – According to&#160;Rambam, at this point in Tanakh, Bilam is a positive character, loyal and obedient to Hashem's word, as evi
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  • ...ty with the contemporary usage of a word influences the way one interprets Tanakh, as one might not recognize that a word's definition might have evolved, be ...are several words whose meaning might have changed from one period within Tanakh to another:</p>
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  • ...s commentaries on Yeshayahu, Yechezkel, and Terei Asar.&#160; Our study of Tanakh and Parshanut would be immeasurably poorer if not for our good fortune that ...ous commentaries on this chapter.&#160; However, there are only two cases (Shemot and Beshalach) in which Cincinnati 1 has an anonymous commentary and a diff
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  • ...osafist R. Yitzchak b. Avraham.<fn>According to <a href="RecanatiBemidbar6-24" data-aht="source">R. Menachem Recanati</a> (c. 1250-1310), Ramban followed ...a>, cited by C. Chavel as evidence that Ramban completed his commentary on Shemot after the age of seventy, may be a later addition to the commentary. If so,
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  • ...aite</a></multilink>.&#160; Ibn Ezra dismisses the question by pointing to Shemot 11:10, which attributes all the wonders in Egypt to Moshe and Aharon, despi ...1,3,6,15,20</a><a href="RambanBereshit19-24" data-aht="source">Bereshit 19:24</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">A
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