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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/
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  • <h1>Tanakh &amp; the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Toledot</h1> ...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div>
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 16</h1> ...desert. Other complaints can be found in Shemot 14:10-14, Shemot 15:22-25, Shemot 17:1-7, Bemidbar 11:5-6, Bemidbar 14:2-3, Bemidbar 20:1-6, and Bemidbar 21:
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  • <p>The root דרש appears in 164 places in Tanakh and is used consistently with the meaning of to seek or ask. In almost one- ...ce">Divrei HaYamim II 12:14</a>, <a href="DivreiII15-12" data-aht="source">15:12</a>, <a href="DivreiII19-3" data-aht="source">19:3</a>, <a href="DivreiI
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  • <h1>Overview – Context and Chronology – Shemot 18</h1> <p>Chapter 18 stands out from the neighboring stories of Chapters 15-19, in both its content and setting:</p>
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  • <p>The noun "תַּנִּין" appears 14 times in Tanakh,<fn>In two places, <a href="Yechezkel29-3" data-aht="source">Yechezkel 29:3 <li>Biblical verses – see LXX Shemot 7:9-12.</li>
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 15</h1> <category>Songs in Tanakh
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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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  • ...e">Shemuel I 13:15</a>, <a href="ShemuelI15-4" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 15:4</a>, <a href="ShemuelII18-1" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 18:1</a>, <a hr ...ore the first census of Tanakh (<a href="Shemot30-11-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 30</a>),&#160;Hashem commands Moshe that when he counts the people he must
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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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  • ...eshit 38:11,16,24,</a> <a href="Vayikra18-15" data-aht="source">Vayikra 18:15</a>, <a href="Vayikra20-12" data-aht="source">20:12</a> and <a href="Shemue ...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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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 17</h1> ...desert. Other complaints can be found in Shemot 14:10-14, Shemot 15:22-25, Shemot 17:1-7, Bemidbar 11:5-6, Bemidbar 14:2-3, Bemidbar 20:1-6, and Bemidbar 21:
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  • <h1>Yitro's Life After Shemot 18</h1> <p>At the end of Shemot 18, the Torah tells us of Yitro's departure:</p>
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 16</h1> ...d 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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  • ...18-21" data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="Ramban18-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:21</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="pars ...irmeyahu 15:13, 17:3, Yechezkel 28:4-5, Yoel 2:22, Tehillim 49:7,11, Iyyov 15:29</li>
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  • ...Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotSecondCommentary14-13" data-aht="source">Shemot Second Commentary 14:13</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan" ...ef="RalbagShemotBeurHaMilot15-25-26" data-aht="source">Shemot Beur HaMilot 15:25-26</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parsha
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 3</h1> ...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
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  • ...s, including even a few female prophetess.<fn>These include Miryam (Shemot 15:20), Devorah (Shofetim 4:4), and Chuldah (Melakhim II 22:14). Yeshayahu 8:3 <p>In Devarim 18:15-18 we read:</p>
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Bemidbar 15</h1> ...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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  • ...-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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  • <h2>Gentiles in Tanakh</h2> ...ifre Bemidbar 78, Bavli Yevamot 47b, Rut Rabbah 2:22), and Queen of Sheba (Shemot Rabbah 27:4), and see the list compiled in <multilink><a href="MidrashTadsh
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 1</h1> ...</fn> demonstrates that one of the chapters most linguistically similar to Shemot 1 is Bereshit 46.&#160; Both chapters include a list of the members of Yaak
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 14</h1> <li>See<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Shemot/4.21#m5e3n6"> Makbilot Bamikra</a> for a list and links to all the verses w
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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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  • ...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> <p>Both&#160;<a href="Shemot12-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:12</a> and <a href="Bemidbar33-4" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 33:4</a> ex
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  • <h1>Structural Analysis – Shemot 3:1 – 4:17<br/>"Commissioning of Moshe"</h1> ...see <a href="Structure – Sefer Shemot" data-aht="page">Structure of Sefer Shemot</a>.</p>
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  • ...itz</a><a href="NechamaShemot" data-aht="source">Iyyunim Chadashim BeSefer Shemot pp.20-21</a><a href="Prof. Nechama Leibowitz" data-aht="parshan">About Prof In contrast to the silence of the Book of Shemot, Bereshit 15 records how Hashem told Avraham already at the Covenant of the Pieces that
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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 o ...rce">Shemot 3:20</a>,&#160;<a href="Shemot9-15" data-aht="source">Shemot 9:15</a>, <a href="ShemuelI22-17" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 22:17</a>, and <a
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  • <h1>Tanakh &amp; the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Kedoshim</h1> ...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div>
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  • ...mmentary</a><a href="IbnEzraShort18-21" data-aht="source">Short Commentary Shemot 18:21</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About Ibn Ezra</a <point><b>Usage in Tanakh</b> – In <a href="MelakhimII1-9" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 1:9-14</a>
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 9</h1> ...tes were welcomed into Egyptian society. In the narrative of the Exodus in Shemot, the word is used in several contexts: to describe Moshe’s lack of eloque
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  • ...uch harsher and more negative evaluation of the nation in Bemidbar than in Shemot.</p> ...ous complaints, including Shemot 14:10-14, Shemot 15:22-25, Shemot 16:2-4, Shemot 17:1-7, Bemidbar 14:2-3, Bemidbar 20:1-6, and Bemidbar 21:4-7.</li>
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 12</h1> <p>The laws of the Pesach sacrifice are spoken of in both Shemot 12 and Devarim 16.</p>
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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>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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  • ...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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  • <p>Forms of the root נצל appear over 200 times in Tanakh with the vast majority being in the הפעיל form. The different verb for <li><b>נפעל</b> – In all 15 cases, the verb has the meaning of save or deliver.</li>
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  • ...e">Tzeror HaMor</a><a href="TzerorBereshit15-9" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:9</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R. A ...notes that this is in contrast to the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles which Tanakh explicitly says came about due to the sins of the nation. See also the Book
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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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  • ...h episode (Shemot 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 afte ...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 arrive at
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  • <p><a href="Shemot2-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 2</a>&#160;provides only scant and selected details of Moshe's early life. ...hat there was no man, and he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. (Shemot 2:11-12)</q>
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  • ..." data-aht="source">Abarbanel's</a><a href="Abarbanel18" data-aht="source">Shemot 18</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim1" data-aht="source">Devarim 1</a><a href="R ...his actions, Moshe responds in <a href="Shemot18-15" data-aht="source">18:15-16</a> by delineating a seemingly longer list of the duties he is performin
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  • <h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 7-11</h1> <li>See<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Shemot/4.21#m5e3n6"> Makbilot Bamikra</a> for a list and links to of all the verse
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  • <h1>In-law Stories in Tanakh</h1> <p>In Tanakh there are four stories of in-law relationships in which the husband has a l
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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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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 15</h1> <p>The following articles contain general discussion of wordplay in Tanakh:</p><ul>
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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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  • ...a long series of Israelite complaints in the desert which began already in Shemot 14 and continue throughout Sefer Bemidbar.</p> ...ng and analysis of the evolution of the Israelites’ complaints from Shemot 15 through Bemidbar 21, reflecting their increasing faith and independence.</l
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  • ...there are several similarities between the Sinaitic Covenant described in Shemot 24, and the story of Akeidat Yitzchak.&#160; The analysis below will attemp ...ּה") until he and Yitzchak return ("וְנָשׁוּבָה אֲלֵיכֶם"), just as Moshe (Shemot 24:14) tells the elders to "sit here" ("שְׁבוּ לָנוּ בָזֶה"
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  • ...he elders 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 ...fn>&#160; Even Moshe is told in <a href="Shemot33-11-23" data-aht="source">Shemot 33:20</a>:</p>
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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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  • ...of Tanakh. Most of these occur at the end of Bereshit and the beginning of Shemot and refer to the area in Egypt where Yaakov's sons and their descendants li <p>While the verses in Bereshit and Shemot appear to be describing an area in Egypt, the three verses in Yehoshua seem
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  • ...ource">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamShemot20-15" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:15</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemu ...speak to them?&#160; Attempt to bolster your position from other cases in Tanakh.</li>
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  • <p>The word appears 28 times in Tanakh, and in many of the cases it is difficult to determine whether it connotes ...Egyptians before leaving Egypt. Alternatively, it refers to livestock, as Shemot 12:38 emphasizes the "צֹאן וּבָקָר מִקְנֶה כָּבֵד �
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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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  • ...ource">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamShemot20-15" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:15</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemu ...oses to speak to them?&#160; Attempt to bring evidence from other cases in Tanakh.</li>
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  • ...s to the disadvantaged (<a href="Devarim15-7-10" data-aht="source">Devarim 15:7-10</a>).</fn> ...evarim/22" target="_blank" data-book="Devarim" data-ref="22" data-mg-type="Tanakh" data-url="Devarim/22">דברים כב</a>}</span> שלח תשלח את ה�
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  • ...a long series of Israelite complaints in the desert which began already in Shemot 14 and continue throughout Sefer Bemidbar.</p> ...ng and analysis of the evolution of the Israelites’ complaints from Shemot 15 through Bemidbar 21, reflecting their increasing faith and independence.</l
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  • <h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 2</h1> ...href="https://www.etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/between-chiastic-and-classical-parallelism">Between Chiastic and Classical
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  • ...ars in only three places in Tanakh: <a href="Shemot7-26" data-aht="source">Shemot 7:26 – 8:11</a>, <a href="Tehillim78-45" data-aht="source">Tehillim 78:45 ..." data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivShemot7-29" data-aht="source">Shemot 7:29</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan"
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  • ...00;">וְשָׁב מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ</span>" appear 13 times in Tanakh, but in only Shemot and Yonah is the phrase accompanied by the root "נחם".</li> <li>Variations of the phrase "נחם על הרעה" appear 11 times in Tanakh, but the full formulation "<span style="color: #3366ff;">וַיִּנָּח
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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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  • ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bemidbar:13:1-14:39&amp;c2=Devarim:1:19-1:40&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab </a>to compare the linguistic parallels between the original account an <li>Compare also <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/he/tanakh/torah/sefer-devarim/parashat-devarim/devarim-1-sins-spies-and-nation-and-mo
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  • ...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> ...ty, is a basic premise of Biblical law but not of other ancient law codes. Tanakh is also unique in prohibiting vicarious punishment. All of these difference
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  • ...rce">Shemot 13:14</a>, <a href="Devarim13-15" data-aht="source">Devarim 13:15</a>, <a href="ShemuelI23-4" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 23:4</a>, and many <subcategory><a href="Shemot3-22" data-aht="source">Shemot 3:22</a>, <a href="Shemot11-2" data-aht="source">11:2</a>, and <a href="She
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  • ...And do not the opening verses of <a href="Shemot14-1-8" data-aht="source">Shemot 14</a> detail how Hashem choreographed the Israelites' movements in order t ..."source">R. Y"S Reggio</a><a href="RYSReggioShemot13-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:17</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Shemuel Reggio (Yashar)" data-aht="parshan">A
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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> ...red, from twenty years old and upward, shall give the offering to Hashem. (15) The rich shall not give more, and the poor shall not give less, than half
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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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  • <p>There are several words In Tanakh which are treated as both masculine and feminine, at times taking a masculi ...:5</a> where it takes a feminine verb (כִּי <b>תֵ</b>צֵא אֵשׁ)<fn>See also Shemot 9:23, Vayikra 6:3,6, Vayikra 9:24, 10:2, Bemidbar 11:2 and others</fn>&#160
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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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  • <p>There are a number of stories in Tanakh which describe friendly encounters with foreign dignitaries:</p> ...r political leader.</fn> of Midyan (<a href="Shemot18-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 18</a>).</li>
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  • ...er.pdf">M. Zucker</a>, No, Rashi Was Not a Corporealist, Hakirah 9 (2010): 15-43, who disagrees.</fn> <multilink><a href="RashbamBereshit48-8" data-aht=" ...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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  • ...</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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  • ...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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  • <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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  • ...ef="Chavakkuk1-13" data-aht="source">Chavakkuk 1</a>, <a href="Malakhi3-14-15" data-aht="source">Malakhi 3</a>, <a href="Tehillim73-1-14" data-aht="sourc
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  • ...hundreds of years.&#160;<a href="Bereshit15-13" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15</a> reads:</p> ...e Covenant of Pieces Hashem presents the slavery as a foregone conclusion, Shemot 1 describes how Paroh and the Egyptians enslaved the Israelites without men
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  • <h1>Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</h1> <category>Treaties in Tanakh
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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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  • <h1>Textual Variants – Shemot 18</h1> ...s in four respects:<fn>This is true in general, and specifically regarding Shemot 18 – see examples in the categories below.</fn></p>
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  • ...-aht="source">Ran</a><a href="RanBereshit15-14" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:14</a><a href="R. Nissim Gerondi (Ran)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Nissim ...ata-aht="source">Akeidat Yitzchak</a><a href="Akeidat36" data-aht="source">Shemot #36</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Arama (Akeidat Yitzchak)" data-aht="parshan">Ab
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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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  • ...-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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  • ...ll depict the crossing of Yam Suf (<a href="Shemot14-27" data-aht="source">Shemot 14</a>). Each artist highlights different aspects of the story, and portray ...h Hashem and Moshe, as recorded in <a href="Shemot14-27" data-aht="source">Shemot 14:31</a>: "וַיַּרְא יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת הַיָּד הַ�
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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 ...es are with regard to murder – see Bereshit 9:6, Bemidbar 35:33, Shemuel I 15:33, Shemuel II 12:9-12 (murder and adultery), and Melakhim 21:19.</fn> A cl
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  • <h1>Bereshit 15 – One Prophecy or Two?</h1> In trying to untangle the difficulties raised by Bereshit 15, commentators are led to question the chronology and relationship of its co
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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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  • <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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  • ...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 ..."source">Daat Zekeinim</a><a href="DaatZekeinimShemot24" data-aht="source">Shemot 24</a><a href="Daat Zekeinim" data-aht="parshan">About Daat Zekeinim</a></m
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  • ...ht="source">Shemot 7:25</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot10-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 10:1-2</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzc ...viewed by the Egyptians as a god.<fn>Tanchuma Vaera, Midrash Aggadah, and Shemot Rabbah similarly explain that Hashem chose to attack the Nile first for thi
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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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  • ...sef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorShemot16-34" data-aht="source">Shemot 16:34</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef B ...For other examples, see Shemot 4:22-23 (though perhaps related to 11:5), 7:15-18, 7:26-29, 8:16-19, 9:1-4, 9:13-19, 11:2 and 14:2.&#160; See also <a href
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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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  • ...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. <li><a href="Shemot1-10" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:10</a>&#160;("כִּי תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה") –&#160
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  • ...e">Devarim 25</a><a href="AbarbanelShemuelI15" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 15</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Aba ...-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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  • ...eir assignments.&#160; There are several other examples of this throughout Tanakh:<br/> ...="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakBereshit15-14" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:14</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David K
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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" ...ash? Which of these are attested to in Torah and which only in the rest of Tanakh?</p>
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  • ...source">R. S.R. Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschShemot23-19" data-aht="source">Shemot 23:19</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Sam ...aht="source">R"Y Kara</a><a href="RYosefKaraShemot23-19" data-aht="source">Shemot 23:19</a><a href="R. Yosef Kara" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Kara</a>
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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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  • ...rce">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">About ...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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  • <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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  • ...ht="source">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</ ...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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  • ...aht="source">Shemot 16:34</a><a href="NetzivShemot32-27" data-aht="source">Shemot 32:27</a><a href="NetzivVayikra10-3" data-aht="source">Vayikra 10:3</a><a h ...="source">Shemot 8:25-27</a> and <a href="Shemot9-29-33" data-aht="source">Shemot 9:29-33</a>.</fn> – According to this approach, despite the silence in th
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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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  • ...18-1" data-aht="source">Rashbam</a><a href="Rashbam18-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:1,8,10</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">Abou ...ively on the nation. For further analysis, see <a href="Textual Variants – Shemot 18" data-aht="page">Textual Variants</a>.</fn></point>
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  • ...>Bereshit 12:1</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshit15-7" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:7</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshit24-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 24:4</a><a hr ...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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  • <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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  • ...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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  • ...in reality 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, tho ...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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  • ...R. D"Z Hoffman</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannShemot20-20" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:20</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David ...<fn>See, for example, Melakhim I 15:14 and 22:44, and Melakhim II 14:4 and 15:4.</fn>&#160; The transgression might not be mentioned in relationship to t
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  • ...data-aht="page">כרונולוגיה של שמות ב'-ד'</a>&#160;ו<a href="Chronology of Shemot" data-aht="page">כרונולוגיה של שמות ה'-ז'</a>&#160;להת ...above regarding the roots of the oppression, there are numerous verses in Shemot which describe how Hashem hardened Paroh's heart, preventing him from freei
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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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  • ...isitheKaraiteVayikra23-15-16" data-aht="source">Daniel AlKumisi Vayikra 23:15-16</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonSeferHaHavchanah" data-aht="source">Karaite oppon ...a 23:3, and the opinion below which takes this understanding in Vayikra 23:15 as well.&#160; See, though, Salmon b. Yerucham and Aharon b. Yosef who argu
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  • ...<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/chiastic-and-concentric-structures">Chiastic and Concentric Structures</a>. <li><b>Hashem's Speech in Shemot 6:2-8</b>&#160;– Hashem's speech to Moshe as he embarks on his mission to
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  • <content>Commentaries on Bereshit and Shemot, Volumes on Ancient Near East and vs. Documentary Hypothesis, Editor of Enc ..., "הגישה הרצויה והמצויה לחקר המקרא – בעיניו של מ"ד קאסוטו ז"ל", Beit Mikra 15:3 (1970): 327-338.</p></fn></li>
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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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  • ...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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  • ...dily secretions. See, for example, <a href="Shemot29-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 29:14</a> and <a href="Vayikra4-11" data-aht="source">Vayikra 4:11</a>.</fn ...onatan</a><a href="TargumYonatanShofetim3-15" data-aht="source">Shofetim 3:15</a><a href="Targum Yonatan (Neviim)" data-aht="parshan">About Targum Yonata
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  • <content>Tanakh and Talmud commentaries</content> ...b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Rashbam wrote a commentary on most or all of Tanakh. See below regarding his Torah commentary. Commentaries of Rashbam on Tehil
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  • ...birth of Yitzchak), they could not have accounted for the later verses in Shemot 12:40-41 which mention the figure of 430 years.</fn></mekorot> ...for a full 430 years. To do so, they must posit that Moshe's genealogy in Shemot 6 omits several generations and includes only the more prominent personalit
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  • ...Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraBereshit4-151623" data-aht="source">Bereshit 4:15,16,23</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ..."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. Thus, Yosef is referred to
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  • <li>Stanza 4: Universal Cry of Need (verses 15-20)</li> ...span style="color: #0000ff;">All Turn to God in Expectation </span>(verses 15-16)</li>
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  • ...th the Givonites (Yehoshua 9), this is understood to be an honest mistake. Tanakh blames the people for not asking Hashem before breaking bread with them ("� ...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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  • ...Bereshit 12:10</a><a href="RambanBereshit15-12" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:12</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan ...ushalmi (Yonatan)</a><a href="PsJBereshit15-13" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:13</a><a href="Targum Yerushalmi (Yonatan)" data-aht="parshan">About Targum
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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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  • ...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, ...#SHE12-2" data-aht="page">12:2</a>, <a href="Commentators:Ramban's Updates/Shemot#SHE30-13" data-aht="page">30:13</a> (see also <a href="Commentators:Ramban'
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  • ...ach occur in only one other verse.&#160; Finally, only two other people in Tanakh are described as an "<span style="color: #ff0000;">עֲקָרָה</span>&#8 ...:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East" data-aht="page">Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</a> for more.</fn> earns his own wealth, and pers
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  • ...Vayikra 26:3</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim4-15" data-aht="source">Devarim 4:15</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim22-6" data-aht="source">Devarim 22:6</a><a href ...unishments promised in&#160;<a href="Shemot15-26" data-aht="source">Shemot 15:26</a>,&#160; <a href="Vayikra26-3-12" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26</a>,&#1
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  • .../a><a href="DanielAlKumisitheKaraiteJQR15-3p383-384" data-aht="source">JQR 15:3, p. 383-384</a><a href="Daniel AlKumisi the Karaite" data-aht="parshan">A ...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
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  • ...0" data-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>< ...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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  • ...n of the formation of the nation and its accompanying legal codes in Sefer Shemot?<fn>See <multilink><a href="RashiBereshit1-1" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a ...>Bereshit 15:9</a><a href="RambanBereshit15-12" data-aht="source">Bereshit 15:12</a><a href="RambanBereshit16-6" data-aht="source">Bereshit 16:6</a><a hr
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  • ...ed <b>them</b>..." ).&#160; Hoil Moshe explains that it is not unusual for Tanakh to switch from plural to singular and thus the reader need not learn that t ...Keli Yekar</a><a href="KeliYekarDevarim28-15" data-aht="source">Devarim 28:15</a><a href="KeliYekarDevarim29-9" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:9</a><a href
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  • ...:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East" data-aht="page">Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</a>.</li> ...r.</fn> has suggested that this meaning might illuminate several verses in Tanakh in which the more common definition of "to judge" or "execute judgement" is
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  • ...of Hashem's aid found in other discussions of entry into the land such as Shemot 23:27-28.</fn></point> ...rn equivalents</b> – This position's understanding of the trumpet calls in Tanakh can be compared to the role played by bugle calls in the army, where differ
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  • ...rather than a "lover".<fn>See, for instance, Shemuel II 19:7, Melakhim I 5:15, Yirmeyahu 20:4 and 22:20.</fn></li> ...e would need to argue that there are multiple meanings of the word love in Tanakh.</li>
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  • ...here was no sin in the union and hence no punishment. The story appears in Tanakh only as a reaction to mythological tales of gods coupling with humans to fo ...-aht="source">Shemot 21:6</a> and <a href="Shemot22-7-8" data-aht="source">Shemot 22:7-8</a>.</fn></li>
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  • ...a different way, demonstrating that the Second Commentary on Bereshit and Shemot are not part of a single edition and need not have been written in the same ...second commentaries on Esther, Daniel, Tehillim, Bereshit, Shir HaShirim, Shemot, and Trei Asar while in Rouen, and his third commentary on Bereshit while i
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  • ...t="page">Collective Punishment</a>.<fn>For analysis of specific stories in Tanakh see also&#160;<a href="Avraham's Prayer for Sedom" data-aht="page">Avraham' ..." data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalShemot20-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:4</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">Abo
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  • ...R. D"Z Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannShemot20-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:1</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Z ...of these upcoming plagues. In the aftermath of the sin of the Golden Calf (Shemot 32), Moshe employs the name of God ("כֹּה אָמַר י"י") in command
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  • ...ress to Shimon and Levi, commentators mine the various episodes throughout Tanakh in which the two tribes play a part, searching for which stories best fit Y ...Amos 4:1), or the heads of Moav being labelled "אֵילֵי מוֹאָב " (Shemot 15:15). R. Hirsch similarly explains that the word שור means "power."&#160; Ac
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  • ...data-aht="source">38:4</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="EstherRabbah6-2" data-aht="sour ...or the salvation of the nation. See also Bavli Megillah, First Targum, and Shemot Rabbah, who mention prayer in other contexts as well. R. Saba also emphasiz
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  • ...ta-aht="source">Shemot 36:8</a><a href="RYBSShemot38-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 38:21</a><a href="RYBSVayikra2-13" data-aht="source">Vayikra 2:13</a><a hre ...aht="source">Shemot 29:46</a><a href="RambanShemot40-34" data-aht="source">Shemot 40:34</a><a href="RambanVayikraIntroduction" data-aht="source">Introduction
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  • ...="source">Shemot 12:12-13</a><a href="SfornoShemot12-22" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:22-27</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Sforno" data-aht="parshan">About R. Ovadyah ...stroying angel from entering the Israelite homes.<fn>Cf. Divrei HaYamim 21:15 for a parallel instance of Hashem stopping a "מַשְׁחִית" from kill
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  • ...eRabbi Yishmael Shemot" data-aht="parshan">About Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiYeshayahu6-157-13" data-aht="sour ...sing him of all sins and purifying his mouth.<fn>Shadal points out that in Tanakh, purification often takes place via fire. Thus, here too, Hashem places a b
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  • <h1>In-law Stories in Tanakh</h1> <source xmlid="Bereshit27-41" book="English Bereshit" ref="27,41,43" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/27.41$$e1">
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  • ...ce">Vayikra 4:2</a><a href="RambanVayikra5-15" data-aht="source">Vayikra 5:15</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">A ...0-17" data-aht="source">50:17</a>, <a href="Shemot10-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 10:17</a>,&#160;<a href="Shemot32-20" data-aht="source">32:20</a> or <a hre
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  • ...ata-aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot7" data-aht="source">Shemot 7</a><a href="AbarbanelYonah4" data-aht="source">Yonah 4</a><a href="R. Yit <point><b>Comparison to Eliyahu</b> – The only other case in Tanakh in which a prophet appears to successfully effect change in the people is E
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  • ...they attempt to present composite theories of how Divine justice works in Tanakh and throughout the course of history.</p> ...>Midrash Aggadah (Buber)</a><a href="AggadahShemot20-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:12</a><a href="Midrash Aggadah (Buber)" data-aht="parshan">About Midrash
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  • ...favors thematic order over chronological order<fn>For other examples where Tanakh might recount a story out of order in order to preserve thematic unity, see ..."source">Bereshit 38:1</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotLong2-2" data-aht="source">Shemot Long Commentary 2:2</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">Abo
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  • ...heir king rather than Hashem, it is similar to idolatry.<fn>See Rashbam on Shemot 16:4 who similarly points out that dependence on Hashem instills belief in ...monarchy in general is a desired institution.<fn>As such, elsewhere, too, Tanakh looks upon it favorably.</fn> In Sefer Shemuel, the anger at the nation com
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  • ...source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagShemotBeurHaMilot29-10" data-aht="source">Shemot Beur HaMilot 29:10</a><a href="RalbagVayikra1-4" data-aht="source">Vayikra ...e the Mishkan</b> – Ramban challenges this approach from the characters in Tanakh, such as Kayin and Hevel, and Noach, who brought sacrifices when no idolatr
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  • <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 ...he Midianites.<fn>As there is no other evidence of Bilam's evil actions in Tanakh, this verse would be the obvious candidate to point to as proof that he had
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  • ...ape of Dinah.&#160; He adores Rachel, yet he is one of the few husbands in Tanakh to explicitly rebuke his wife. How are we to understand these contrasting t ...man of integrity.<fn>In about one third of the occurrences of the word in Tanakh, it is paired with the word "יָשָׁר", honest.</fn>&#160;&#160;<multil
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  • ...> and in one explanation of <a href="Shemot15-25" data-aht="source">Shemot 15:25</a>, he instead says that it means "lifted up or exalted", as if the wor ...ַגֵּן וְהָיָה כְּנַגֵּן הַמְנַגֵּן וַתְּהִי עָלָיו יַד י"י" (Melakhim II 3:15) as proof that distress prevents one from receiving prophecy.</fn></point>
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  • ...that the food was provided before the sale. See <a href="Grammar:Tenses in Tanakh" data-aht="page">Past Perfect</a>, though, that the form also sometimes mer ...:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East" data-aht="page">Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</a>.</fn> However, Rashbam does not account for t
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  • ..."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. Thus, Yosef is referred to ...-23-24" data-aht="source">רש״י #&#8207;1&#8207;</a><a href="RashiBereshit4-15" data-aht="source">בראשית ד׳:ט״ו</a><a href="RashiBereshit4-19"
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  • ...>Meaning of the root "דעת"</b> – These sources point to the many places in Tanakh where the root ידע connotes sexual relations<fn>For a few of many exampl ...or a long period of time". See&#160;<a href="Shemot21-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 21:6</a> and&#160;<a href="ShemuelI1-22" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 1:22</
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  • ...er to a severe sickness.</fn> and from enemy attack. As the only person in Tanakh who survived such an illness is Chizkiyahu, and, moreover, since the diseas ...data-aht="source">18:5</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink>, Sancheriv's defeat occurred on Pesach night, leadin
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  • ...ht="source">7:10-16</a>, there is ostensibly further redundancy, as verses 15 and 16 both speak of the animals coming in pairs.</li> ...ark as pairs.&#160; Finally, <a href="Bereshit7-10-16" data-aht="source">7:15-16</a> speaks only of pairs and also makes no reference to purity status.</
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  • ...her examples can be found in <a href="Shemot15-6" data-aht="source">Shemot 15:6</a>, <a href="Tehillim92-10" data-aht="source">Tehillim 92:10</a>, <a hre ...Further support for Rashbam can be found in the fact that nowhere else in Tanakh does the noun "הורים" refer to parents; it is actually first in mediev
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  • <h1>Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</h1> <source xmlid="Bereshit9-8-17" book="English Bereshit" ref="9,8,17" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/9.8$$e1">
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  • <h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> <source xmlid="Bereshit1-29" book="English Bereshit" ref="1,29" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/1.29$$e1">
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