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Tanakh and the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Shemot
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Tanakh and the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Toledot/0
<h1>Tanakh & 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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Dictionary:אַב/0
...cestor<fn>See Ibn Ezra (Shemot Long Commentary 2:16-21) and Ramban (Shemot 2:16).</fn> <li>Shemot 2:18 – "וַתָּבֹאנָה אֶל רְעוּאֵל אֲבִיהֶן ו�

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Graphical Concordance Demo/0
...s go to the Mikraot Gedolot on <a href="http://mg.alhatorah.org/Shemot/12">Shemot 12:1</a></p> ...trl-Click on מצרים (on phones, simply tap) to display all of the verses in Tanakh in which the entry appears in the Freestanding Concordance (click on <a hre

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Dictionary:נבל/0
...-aht="source">U. Cassuto</a><a href="CassutoShemot18-18" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:18</a><a href="Prof. Umberto Cassuto" data-aht="parshan">About Prof. U. <li>Forms of the verb נבל or the noun נבלה appear in Tanakh in reference to humans, animals, and plants:

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Puzzles – Shemot 18/0
<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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אחר שלוחיה – Who Sent What to Whom/1
<p>Shemot 18:2 states:</p> ...it connected to the verb שלח (to send) which appears hundreds of times in Tanakh, or is it related to the noun שִׁלּוּחִים (a dowry or gift) whic

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Parashah Puzzles – Yitro/0
<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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Dictionary:תַּנִּין/0
...="source">Yechezkel 29:3</a>, <a href="Yechezkel32-2" data-aht="source">32:2</a>, <a href="Tehillim74-13" data-aht="source">Tehillim 74:13</a> and <a hr 2. Serpent

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 16/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 16</h1> ...mot 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 21:4-7.</p>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 15/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 15</h1> <category>Songs in Tanakh

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 2/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 2</h1> ...ere and in the story of Noach’s ark.  This suggests that the verse in Shemot might be intentionally alluding back to the story of Noach. </li>

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Literary Devices – Shemot 3/0
<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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Literary Devices – Shemot 16/0
<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: </p><ul>

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Yitro's Life After Shemot 18/1
<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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Dictionary:חָתָן/0
...rah (with the possible exception of <a href="Shemot4-25" data-aht="source">Shemot 4:25-26</a><fn>See <a href="Mystery at the Malon" data-aht="page">Mystery a ...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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Dictionary:חֹתֵן – חֹתֶנֶת/0
...-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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Words with Multiple Meanings/0
..., the word's usage in Shemot 4:16, 7:1, 21:6, 22:7-8, and 22:27, Shemuel I 2:25, Tehillim 82:1</li> ...60;  See also the phrase  "לאל ידם" in Bereshit 31:29 and Mikhah 2:1 which means the power of their hands.</li>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 17/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 17</h1> ...mot 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 21:4-7.</p>

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Dictionary:חדה/0
<p>The verb appears in only three instances in Tanakh, and there is some ambiguity as to its meaning in the different cases:</p> 2. Tremble

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Yitro – Religious Identity/1
<h2>Gentiles in Tanakh</h2> ...nted in <a href="YerushalmiBerakhot" data-aht="source">Yerushalmi Berakhot 2:8</a> of Hashem bringing the righteous of the world to Judaism.</fn> or in

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Dictionary:דרש/0
...ought out as an alternative to God – see Devarim 12:30,18:11, Melakhim I 1:2,3,6,16, Yeshayahu 8:19, Divrei HaYamim I 10:13.</fn> However, God cannot be 2. Pray

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Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Ki Tisa/0
...; See <a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/core-studies-tanakh/ki-tisa-nations-canaan-and-girgashites">The Nations of Canaan and the Girga ...dies-tanakh/core-studies-tanakh/tanakh-and-literature-ancient-near-east-3">Tanakh and the Literature of the Ancient Near East (3)</a>, by R. Amnon Bazak, for

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Yitro's Visit – Purpose and Significance/1/en
...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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David's Counting of the Nation/1/en
...ource">Melakhim II 3:6</a>, and <a href="Ezra2-1-5" data-aht="source">Ezra 2</a>.  In none of these cases are the people punished after the census ...ore the first census of Tanakh (<a href="Shemot30-11-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 30</a>), Hashem commands Moshe that when he counts the people he must

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Dictionary:חַיִל/0
...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 <li>Biblical verses – Shemuel I 2:4, Yeshayahu 5:22, Tehillim 33:16</li>

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Index:Interactive Study Modules/0/en
<td width="14%"><b>Shemot</b></td> <td>Shemot

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Dictionary:שלח/0
<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 ...eyahu 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-aht="

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Literary Devices – Shemot 10/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 10</h1> ...appearing word in Shemot 10 is "ארץ" (land) while, relative to the rest of Tanakh, the most prevalent words are "ארבה" (locust) and "ברד" (hail).&#160

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Tanakh and the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Kedoshim/0
<h1>Tanakh & 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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Moshe and Eliyahu at Sinai/0
...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 ...40) prompting the king to call for their death (Shemot 2:15, Melakhim I 19:2).  Both prophets then escape and eventually arrive at Sinai.</li>

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Context Overview – Shemot 18/0
<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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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 13/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 13</h1> ...atzah and prohibition to eat leavened bread are mentioned several times in Tanakh, with different reasons given for the law in different verses</p>

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Moshe's Killing of the Egyptian/1/en
<p><a href="Shemot2-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 2</a> provides only scant and selected details of Moshe's early life. So ...re was no man, and he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand. (Shemot 2:11-12)</q>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 14/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 14</h1> ...Hashem says He will harden their hearts. The other two are Sichon (Devarim 2:30) and the Canaanites (Yehoshua 11:20). Comparing the various narratives m

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Dictionary:נצל – הציל/0
<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 ...ning of save or deliver. In a few instances, such as Bereshit 31:9, Hoshea 2:11, and Tehillim 119:43, a meaning of remove fits better. See Radak, Sefer

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 50/0
...egins with the 17 years that they lived together before Yosef was sold (37:2) and concludes with the 17 years that they spent together after being reuni ...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>

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Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Bo/0
...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> <p>Both <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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Literary Devices – Shemot 9/0
<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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Commentators:R. David Zvi Hoffmann/0
<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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Structure – Shemot 3 – 4:17/0
<h1>Structural Analysis – Shemot 3:1 – 4:17<br/>"Commissioning of Moshe"</h1> <li>_ – _ <aht-sis color="#ED6F03" step="2">_</aht-sis></li>

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 29/0
...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 ...the stories to Avraham's servant (Bereshit24) and Moshe in Midyan (Shemot 2) can be revealing.</li>

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Dictionary:Hendiadys/0
...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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Dictionary:נָא/0
<p>The word נָא appears over 400 times in Tanakh. In almost all cases it means either please or now, and it is often ambigu ...as now, as this would create a redundancy.<fn>See Bereshit 44:33, 50:5,17, Shemot 3:18, 10:17, 33:13 and many others.</fn></li>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 18/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 18</h1> <li>See <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Shemot/18.10#m5e3n6">Makbilot Bamikra</a> for  a list of links to verse which

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 15/0
...tates that its laws will come into effect upon entry into the land (verses 2, 18), calling to mind Hashem’s earlier decree that this generation will n ...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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Divine Plans and Egyptian Free Choice/1/en
...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

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 1-4/0
...emidbar 26.  A comparison of the verses highlights that the census of Shemot and Bemidbar 1, taken a  few months apart, resulted in identical talli ...e the two censuses that frame Sefer Bemidbar, that described in Chapters 1-2 and that in Chapter 26. Here, both the total tally and the numbers of the i

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Literary Devices – Shemot 32/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 32</h1> ...appears a full 19 times in the chapter.  Nechama Leibowitz notes that Tanakh uses it artfully to subtly reveal Hashem and Moshe's feelings as Hashem acc

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 1/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 1</h1> ...</fn> demonstrates that one of the chapters most linguistically similar to Shemot 1 is Bereshit 46.  Both chapters include a list of the members of Yaak

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 34/0
<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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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 11/0
...uch harsher and more negative evaluation of the nation in Bemidbar than in Shemot.</p> ...hemot 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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Burning Bush in Art/0
...n to Moshe at the burning bush in <a href="Shemot3-1-10" data-aht="source">Shemot 3</a>. Each imagines Moshe's appearance, character, and response to revelat ...anakh. How does the confident image of the defiant Moshe of Shemot Chapter 2 correspond with the insecure and apprehensive Moshe of Chapters 3–4? Is M

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Chronology – Shemot 18/1
<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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In-laws/0
<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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Seeing Hashem/1
...he elders at Sinai‎<fn>See <a href="Shemot24-1-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 24:1-12</a> where we are told, "וַיִּרְאוּ אֵת אֱלֹהֵי ...fn>  Even Moshe is told in <a href="Shemot33-11-23" data-aht="source">Shemot 33:20</a>:</p>

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Calling for Peace in the Conquest of Canaan/1
...bar 33:51-53</a>, and <a href="Devarim7-1-6" data-aht="source">Devarim 7:1-2</a>.</fn> which similarly speak of the need to rid the land of Israel of it <p>Several other passages in Tanakh bear on our question:</p>

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Dictionary:שאל/0
...ta-aht="source">Bereshit 43:7</a>, <a href="Shemot13-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 13:14</a>, <a href="Devarim13-15" data-aht="source">Devarim 13:15</a>, <a h 2. Request

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Dictionary:רְכוּשׁ/0
<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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Yitro's System – A Bloated Bureaucracy/2
...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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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 7-11/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 7-11</h1> ...Hashem says He will harden their hearts. The other two are Sichon (Devarim 2:30) and the Canaanites (Yehoshua 11:20). Comparing the various narratives m

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Literary Devices – Shemot 6/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 6</h1> <p>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 v

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Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Vaera/0
...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div> ....il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/core-studies-tanakh/tanakh-and-archaeology-5">Tanakh and Archaeology (5)</a>, by R. Amnon Bazak, for a review of arguments that

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Literary Devices – Shemot 2/0
<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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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 21/0
...a long series of Israelite complaints in the desert which began already in Shemot 14 and continue throughout Sefer Bemidbar.</p> ...e reading and analysis of the evolution of the Israelites’ complaints from Shemot 15 through Bemidbar 21, reflecting their increasing faith and independence.

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Literary Devices – Shemot 1/0
<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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Biblical Parallels Index – Parashat Vayikra/0
...atorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Vayikra:1:1-5:26&c2=Vayikra:6:1-7:38&f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a>.</li> ...lah</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra6-2" data-aht="source">Vayikra 6:2</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan

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Biblical Parallels Index – Parashat Tzav/0
...atorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Vayikra:1:1-5:26&c2=Vayikra:6:1-7:38&f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a>.</li> ...lah</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahVayikra6-2" data-aht="source">Vayikra 6:2</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan

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Encounters with Foreign Leaders/0
<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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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 12/0
<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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Urim VeTummim/1
<p>In <a href="Shemot28-15-30" data-aht="source">Shemot 28</a>, at the end of the unit regarding the Choshen, Hashem includes a com <p><a href="Shemot39-8-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 39</a> describes the fulfillment of Hashem's command and the making of

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Akeidat Yitzchak and the Covenant at Sinai/0
...there are several similarities between the Sinaitic Covenant described in Shemot 24, and the story of Akeidat Yitzchak.  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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Moshe Killing the Egyptian in Art/0/en
<p>The story of Moshe's killing of the Egyptian in Shemot 2:11-12 introduces the reader to the adult Moshe, and helps shape their initi ...r to take his life)? The question depends on how the word "מכה" is used in Tanakh. Does it always mean to smite or can it also take on the added connotation

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 39-40/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 39-40</h1> ...stly garments, many look to other instances where clothing plays a role in Tanakh.</p>

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Sefer Yonah and the Sin of the Calf/0
...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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Shavuot Table Topics/0/en
...ata-aht="source">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. ...speak to them?  Attempt to bolster your position from other cases in Tanakh.</li>

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Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Mishpatim/0
...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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Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vaetchanan/0/en
...ata-aht="source">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. ...oses to speak to them?  Attempt to bring evidence from other cases in Tanakh.</li>

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Dictionary:צְפַרְדֵּעַ/0
...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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Chronology of Bemidbar 1 – 10/1
...gical order of events.<fn>For a full discussion of chronological issues in Tanakh and many examples where commentators posit achronology, see <a href="Chrono ...he second year after the were come out of the land of Egypt, saying: <br/>(2) 'Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, by their

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Philosophy:Anthropomorphism/2
...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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Literary Devices – Bereshit 24/0
...e phrase in Torah are in our chapter, though it appears four more times in Tanakh.</fn>  It is not clear if the second term is simply a shortened form o <li><b>עַבְדּוֹ זְקַן בֵּיתוֹ הַמֹּשֵׁל בְּכׇל אֲשֶׁר לוֹ</b> – In verse 2, Avraham’s servant is introduced as “his servant, the elder of his hous

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 35-38/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 35-38</h1> <li>See <a href="TanchumaPekudei2" data-aht="source">Tanchuma Pekudei 2</a> which notes many linguistic parallels between the two accounts.</li>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 13-14/0
...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bemidbar:13:1-14:39&c2=Devarim:1:19-1:40&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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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 25-27/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 25-27</h1> <li>See <a href="TanchumaPekudei2" data-aht="source">Tanchuma Pekudei 2</a> which notes many linguistic parallels between the two accounts.</li>

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Philosophy:Collective Punishment/1/en
<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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Dictionary:עָרֹב/0
...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>, ...ne the different possibilities – see Midrash Tehillim and Shemot Rabbah 11:2.</fn></p>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 4/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 4</h1> ...fruitful to compare and contrast Moshe’s initial prophecy (נבואת הקדשה) in Shemot 3-4,  with that of others, such as Gideon (Shofetim Chapter 6), Shemue

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 47/0
<li><a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Bereshit/47/1/47/31">Tanakh Lab</a> demonstrates that the words which appear most frequently in th ...ticles</b> – See <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/he/tanakh/studies-tanakh/%D7%95%D7%AA%D7%94%D7%99-%D7%94%D7%90%D7%A8%D7%A5-%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A8%D7%A2%

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The Roundabout Route and The Road Not Traveled/1/en
...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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Nadav and Avihu vs. Korach/0
...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 ...avenly fire are referred to as "הַשְּׂרֵפָה" (Vayikra 10:6 and Bemidbar 17:2).</li>

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Avraham and Iyyov/0
...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 ...wealthy, both before (<a href="Bereshit13-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 13:2</a> and <a href="Iyyov1-3" data-aht="source">Iyyov 1:3</a>) and after (<a h

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Yitro's Visit – Purpose and Significance/2/en
...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 ...ought them back to Midyan. By doing so, he eliminates any redundancy in 18:2-6, as according to him, only 18:5 speaks of Yitro's actions in the present.

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Commentators:Character Consolidation/1
...– <multilink><a href="#" data-aht="source">Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot 18:1</a></multilink>. For discussion, see  <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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Commentators:R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)/0
<li>Rut – 1 Nissan 5089 (March 2, 1329)</li> <li>Shemot – 1 Elul 5090 (August 17, 1330)</li>

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Who was Enslaved in Egypt/2
...data-aht="source">1:11</a><a href="Shemot Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Shemot Rabbah</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="TanchumaVayetze9" data-aht="sou ...aht="source">Shemot 1:10-14</a><a href="RambanShemot5-4" data-aht="source">Shemot 5:4</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsha

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Reward and Punishment/1
...of longevity for honoring parents (<a href="Shemot20-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:11</a>), sending away the mother bird (<a href="Devarim22-6-7" data-aht= ...Chagiga 2:1</a><a href="YerushalmiChagigah2-1" data-aht="source">Chagigah 2:1</a><a href="Talmud Yerushalmi" data-aht="parshan">About the Yerushalmi</a

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Literary Devices – Shemot 15/0
<h1>Literary Devices – Shemot 15</h1> ...s and the sovereignty of Hashem. Hashem is described as exalted (verses 1, 2, 7) and the water is described as piled up and as standing like a wall (ver

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Yitzchak's Role in the Akeidah/1
...>) and Yehoshua, general-in-chief (<a href="Shemot33-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 33:11</a>), are so called.</fn> Would he have been able to resist Avraham h <p>More often than not, Tanakh does not reveal the emotions of its characters, and our story is no excepti

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Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Devarim/0/en
...="source">Radak</a><a href="RadakYehoshua3-2" data-aht="source">Yehoshua 3:2</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimc ...ementation of Yitro's advice in <a href="Shemot18-13-26" data-aht="source">Shemot 18</a>, the appointing of elders in <a href="Bemidbar11-14-25" data-aht="so

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Yitro – Names/2
...n a span of eleven verses in <a href="Shemot2-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 2:16-3:1</a>, the Torah introduces Zipporah's father / Moshe's <i>choten</i>, ...rce">Mekhilta DeRashbi</a><a href="MekhiltaDeRashbi18-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:1</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRashbi" data-aht="parshan">About Mekhilta DeRas

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 30-31/0
<h1>Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 30-31</h1> <li>See <a href="TanchumaPekudei2" data-aht="source">Tanchuma Pekudei 2</a> which notes many linguistic parallels between the two accounts.</li>

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Yitro – Religious Identity/2
...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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Grammar:Gender/0
<p>There are several words In Tanakh which are treated as both masculine and feminine, at times taking a masculi ...>ארץ</b> - Compare <a href="Bereshit1-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:2</a> (הָאָרֶץ הָיְ<b>תָה</b>), where "ארץ" is feminine (as

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How Many Plagues Were There/2
..." data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalShemot7-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 7:17</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">Abo ...מוֹפֵת" appear as a pair and do not refer to a punishment (e.g. Devarim 13:2-3).</fn> Thus, the full set of twelve miracles consists of four triads, eac

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Yonah and the Fish in Art/0
...he expulsion of 1492. The illuminated manuscript includes the full text of Tanakh, Masoretic notes, and Sefer HaMikhlol, the grammatical treatise of Radak.&# ...="source"> Abarbanel </a><a href="AbarbanelYonah2" data-aht="source">Yonah 2</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak Aba

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The Story of the Spies in Bemidbar and Devarim/2
...urce">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimBemidbar13-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 13:2</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Me ...er of appearances of the entry in the unit and their relative frequency in Tanakh as a whole.</fn> of each chapter highlights their differing emphases. 

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Philosophy:Theodicy – צדיק ורע לו/1/en
...href="Kohelet8-14" data-aht="source">Kohelet 8</a>, and <a href="Kohelet9-2" data-aht="source">Kohelet 9</a>, each of which questions the seemingly unj

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Textual Variants – Shemot 18/0
<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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Overview – Sefer Yonah/0
<li>Chapters 1-2 detail Yonah's <b>flight from his mission</b> and its <b>consequences</b>, ...IbnEzraYonahFirstCommentary1-2" data-aht="source">Yonah First Commentary 1:2</a><a href="IbnEzraYonahFirstCommentary1-1" data-aht="source">Yonah First C

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Grammar:Person/0
<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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Bilam/0/en
<p>Bilam is one of the more mysterious characters in Tanakh. Bilam is first mentioned in <a href="Bemidbar22" data-aht="source">Bemidba ...6</a>, and also <a href="Nechemyah13-1-2" data-aht="source">Nechemyah 13:1-2</a>). The reversal of Bilam's curses is mentioned as one of the major ways

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Sale of the Birthright – A Fair Deal/1/en
..." data-aht="source">Ran</a><a href="Ran2" data-aht="source">Derashot HaRan 2</a><a href="R. Nissim Gerondi (Ran)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Nissim Ger ...these sources,<fn>Regarding the latter verse, see Radak Divrei HaYamim I 5:2: "ושאר משפט הבכורה והוא לקחת פי שנים בארץ �

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Epilogue to the Manna Story/2
...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 ...s related to 11:5), 7:15-18, 7:26-29, 8:16-19, 9:1-4, 9:13-19, 11:2 and 14:2.  See also <a href="Invoking Hashem's Name Without Explicit Divine San

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Half Shekels – For Census or Tabernacle/1/en
...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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Literary Devices – Shemot 18/0
<!--<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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Grammar:Number/0
...0;Bereshit 24:43 (<b>וְהָיָה הָעַלְמָה</b> הַיֹּצֵאת לִשְׁאֹב), Kohelet 11:2 (מַה <b>יִּהְיֶה רָעָה</b>)</fn> note that the phenomenon i ...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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Realia:Stones of the Choshen/0
...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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Nature of the Bondage/2
...Zvi Hoffmann</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannShemot1-11-14" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:11-14</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. Davi ...rs to a labor tax.<fn>This seems to be the way the word is used throughout Tanakh.  In several places, a labor force is explicitly mentioned as part of

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Manifold Punishment/2
...ce">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalYeshayahu40-2" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 40:2</a><a href="R. Shemuel David Luzzatto (Shadal)" data-aht="parshan">About R. ...eir assignments.  There are several other examples of this throughout Tanakh:<br/>

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Seeing Hashem/2
...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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Prophetic Actions Without Explicit Divine Sanction/2
...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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Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins/1/en
...</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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Realia:Midyan/0
<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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Purpose of the Shulchan and Lechem HaPanim/2
...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. ...ported by the parallel verse in <a href="Shemot37-10-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 37:16</a> in which the term "אֲשֶׁר יֻסַּךְ בָּהֵן" is j

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 22-24/0
...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:12:3-12:3&c2=Bemidbar:22:6-22:6&f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a> to compare Bereshit 12:3 and Bemidbar 22:6. In the former, Hashem p <li>See <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Shemot/18.10#m5e3n6">Makbilot Bamikra</a> for  a list of links to verse which

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Gidon and Shaul/0
...f="Table2" data-aht="subpage" class="btn" style="color:#832525">Open Table 2</a><a href="Table3" data-aht="subpage" class="btn" style="color:#832525">Op ...="btn" style="color: #993300;" href="Table2" data-aht="subpage">Open Table 2</a></span></p>

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Commentators:Prof. Umberto Cassuto/0
<content>Commentaries on Bereshit and Shemot, Volumes on Ancient Near East and vs. Documentary Hypothesis, Editor of Enc ...on M. Artom, "הרב פרופ' משה דוד קאסוטו ז"ל", in Eretz Yisrael 3 (1954): 1-2 (hereafter: Artom, Cassuto). Menahem Artom was Cassuto's nephew.</fn>

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ANE:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East/0
<h1>Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</h1> <category>Treaties in Tanakh

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Divine Plans and Israelite Free Choice/2
...ta-aht="source">84:13</a><a href="BereshitRabbah86-2" data-aht="source">86:2</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit Rabbah</a></ ...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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Chronology – Shemot 18/2
<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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Service of the Levites/0
...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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Purpose of the Plagues/2
...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. Yitzchak Aba ...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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Literary:Indicators of Achronology/0
...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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Grammar:Tenses in Tanakh/0
<h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> ...he subject ("וַיֵּלֶךְ אַבְרָם" or "וַיֹּאמֶר מֹשֶׁה") . At times, though, Tanakh employs a form known as "עבר מהופך",  beginning with the subje

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Philosophy:Miracles/2
<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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Commentators:R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)/0
<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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Haggadah:Bekhol Dor VaDor – Echoes of the Egyptian Exilic Experience/1/en
...7" data-aht="source">Netziv</a><a href="NetzivShemot1-7" data-aht="source">Shemot 1:7</a><a href="NetzivBemidbar23-9" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 23:9</a><a h

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Selection of the Priests and Levites/2
<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.  In anticipa ...R. Yosef Kimchi</a><a href="RadakShemuelI2-27" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 2:27</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David K

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Annihilating Amalek/2
...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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Literary:Structural Devices/0
...<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> – Hashem's speech to Moshe as he embarks on his mission to Par

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"עַיִן תַּחַת עַיִן" – An Eye for an Eye/2
...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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The Decalogue: Direct From Hashem or Via Moshe/2/en
...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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Two Accounts which Yitro Heard/2
...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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Mordechai's Religious Identity/2
.../a><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKopherEsther2-21" data-aht="source">Esther 2:21</a><a href="RAvrahamSabaEshkolHaKoferEsther3-4" data-aht="source">Esther ...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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Literary:Redundancy/0
<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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Why Permit Slavery/2
...source">R. S.R. Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschShemot12-44" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:44</a><a href="RSRHirschVayikra25-44" data-aht="source">Vayikra 25:44</a ...he had subdued or <a href="ShemuelI11-1-2" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 11:2</a> where Nachash threatens to enslave and gouge out the right eyes of the

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Exile and Enslavement – Divinely Designed/0/en
...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 ...>, but actually causes according to <a href="Shemot4-21" data-aht="source">Shemot 4:21</a> and many other verses.</p>

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Revelation to the Elders at Sinai/2
...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".‎<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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Chronological and Thematic Order/2
...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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Moshe and Yehoshua/0
...f Hashem" in its last chapter.</fn>  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).  Hashem echoes this encouragement to Yehoshua, telling him "As

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Commentators:R. Yosef Kara's Commentary on Neviim Rishonim/1
...s commentaries on Yeshayahu, Yechezkel, and Terei Asar.  Our study of Tanakh and Parshanut would be immeasurably poorer if not for our good fortune that ...ous commentaries on this chapter.  However, there are only two cases (Shemot and Beshalach) in which Cincinnati 1 has an anonymous commentary and a diff

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Commentators:R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)/0
<content>Tanakh and Talmud commentaries</content> ...commentary on <a href="RashbamBereshit37-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 37:2</a>), might have even ruled Halakhah in front of him (Mordekhai Sanhedrin 7

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בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/2/en
...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 ...<a href="BereshitRabbatiBereshit6-2(pp29-31)" data-aht="source">Bereshit 6:2 (pp.29-31)</a><a href="Bereshit Rabbati" data-aht="parshan">About Bereshit

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Blessings and Curses – Over Which Commandments/2
...in reality the blessings and curses were given along with the Covenant of Shemot 24.  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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Mizmor 145: Transcendence and Immanence/0
...tyle="color: #ff6600;">Prelude</span>: Individual Blessing  (verses 1-2)</p> <li><span style="color: #008000;">Stanza 2</span>: Immanence: Hashem's Goodness (verses 7-9)</li>

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Bereshit 15 – One Prophecy or Two/2
...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 <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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"מְהָרְסַיִךְ וּמַחֲרִיבַיִךְ מִמֵּךְ יֵצֵאוּ"/2
...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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Yehoshua/0
...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>,

42 KB (6,113 words) - 12:58, 28 January 2023
Miryam's Critique of Moshe and his Cushite Marriage/2
...">Rashbam</a><a href="RashbamBemidbar12-1" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 12:1-2,4</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. She ...e">Josephus</a><a href="Josephus2-10" data-aht="source">Antiquities 2:10:1-2</a><a href="Josephus" data-aht="parshan">About Josephus</a></multilink>, an

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Ahavat Hashem/2
...5:7</a><a href="RambamTeshuvah10-2" data-aht="source">Hilkhot Teshuvah 10:2-3,6</a><a href="RambamMoreh1-39" data-aht="source">Moreh Nevuchim 1:39</a>< ...relationships and emotional attachment.<fn>See, for instance, Bereshit 22:2, 25:28, 29:20 and 37:3, which describe Avraham's love of Yitzchak, Yitzchak

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Tzara'at/2/en
...S"R Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschVayikra13-1" data-aht="source">Vayikra 13:2</a><a href="RSRHirschVayikra13" data-aht="source">Vayikra 13</a><a href="R. ...items. The various sources attempt to link each suggestion with a case in Tanakh where someone committed that sin and was afflicted.  However, in many

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Why Did Yonah Disobey Hashem/2
...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 ...erushalmi Taanit</a><a href="YerushalmiTaanit2-1" data-aht="source">Taanit 2:1</a><a href="Talmud Yerushalmi" data-aht="parshan">About the Yerushalmi</a

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Duration of the Pre-Shemittah Blessing of the Produce/2
...aShemotSecondCommentary12-2" data-aht="source">Shemot Second Commentary 12:2</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ez ...the first of Tishrei should be considered a New Year.<fn>The only place in Tanakh where the phrase "רֹאשׁ הַשָּׁנָה" appears is <a href="Yechez

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Why Was Hashem Angry at Bilam/1/en
...barbanel </a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar22-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:2</a><a href="AbarbanelBemidbar22-7" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 22:7</a><a hr ...ould expect Bilam to have an impeccable character.  See <a href="2" data-aht="subpage">Approaches</a> for more on Rambam's view of Bilam.</fn>

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Dictionary:Changing Meanings/0
...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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Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah/2/en
...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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David's Deathbed Instructions to Shelomo/2
...ource">Radak</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI2-5-9" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 2:5-9</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David ...st three years had passed before he violated Shelomo's command (Melakhim I 2:39).] If so, the events are written in our chapter, even though they only o

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Why Was the Ark Taken/2
<point><b>Was this forbidden?</b> There are many verses in Tanakh which imply that it is permitted to take the ark to battle,<fn>For example, ...oshe when he went to get the Tablets, as described in <a href="Devarim10-1-2" data-aht="source">Devarim 10</a>.  The other ark was the golden one m

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MiMachorat HaShabbat/2
...araiteSeferHamitzvot2p404" data-aht="source">Levi b. Yefet Sefer Hamitzvot 2 p. 404</a><a href="Kuzari3-41" data-aht="source">Karaite opponents in the K ...g to a day in which something ceased.  See, for example, its usage in Shemot 15:25-25 or Vayikra 23:3, and the opinion below which takes this understand

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Why Were Nadav and Avihu Killed/2
...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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Moshe/0
...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 ...ce">Rambam</a><a href="MorehNevukhim2-45" data-aht="source">Moreh Nevukhim 2:45</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Maimon (Rambam, Maimonides)" data-aht="parshan">

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Purpose of the Mishkan/2/en
...ource">Shemot 38:21</a><a href="RYBSVayikra2-13" data-aht="source">Vayikra 2:13</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef Bekh ...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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David/0
...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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Yosef/0
.../a><a href="RAvrahambHaRambamBereshit37-2-3" data-aht="source">Bereshit 37:2-3</a><a href="R. Avraham Maimonides" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham Ma ...f served the sons of the maidservants.<fn>As the word "נַעַר" elsewhere in Tanakh means servant, they assume that here the root is being used as a verb to me

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Mordechai's Legacy – ורצוי לרב אחיו/2
...of the word is common in Mishnaic<fn>See, for instance: Mishna Yevamot 12:2, "בגדול שהוא יכול להלוך בו או בקטן שהוא חו� ...><a href="EshkolHaKoferEsther2-21" data-aht="source">Eshkol HaKofer Esther 2:21</a><a href="R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)" data-aht="parshan">About R.

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The Flood Story: Undoing and Redoing Creation/0/en
...cription of Creation in <a href="Bereshit1-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1-2</a>.<fn><multilink><a href="UCassutoBereshit8-113-1422" data-aht="source">U <li><b>All die</b> – <a href="Bereshit1-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1</a> describes the creation of bird, animal, b

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Avraham's Guests – Angels or Men/2
...albagBereshit18P1" data-aht="source">Beiur Divrei HaParashah Bereshit 18:1,2-8,9-10,13-14,16,17-19,20-21,22,33</a><a href="RalbagBereshit19P27" data-aht ..., ואח"כ נראה אליו השם.</fn> and, in reality, the story of the angels in 18:2-16 preceded the revelation.  Ralbag suggests that the story of the vis

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Philosophy:Theodicy – צדיק ורע לו/2
...:2:4</a><a href="RChasdaiCrescasאורהג-א-ח-ב" data-aht="source">Or Hashem 2:2:4</a><a href="R. Chasdai Crescas" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chasdai Cresc ..."RSaadiaGaonHaEmunotVeHaDeiot5-2-3" data-aht="source">HaEmunot VeHaDeiot 5:2-3</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</a></

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Commentators:R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)/0
...f his life in <a href="http://www.openstreetmap.org/?lat=41.985921&lon=2.825324&zoom=18&layers=M">Gerona</a>.<fn>It is unclear where he stud ...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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Ehud's Assassination of Eglon/2
...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 ...e left. Outside of our phrase, the verb only appears in one other place in Tanakh, Tehillim 69:16, where it seems to mean to close or stop.<br/>In contrast t

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Purposes of the Egyptian Bondage/2/en
...בני ישראל במצרים?‏</a>", Bar Ilan University Weekly Parashah Sheet (Shemot 5761) who suggests that this position reflects a desire during the Roman pe ...o Ephraim Luntschitz</a></multilink> and Tzeidah LaDerekh (on Rashi Shemot 2:14) attempt to the various opinions in the Bavli as coming to explain why H

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Duration of the Egyptian Exile/2
...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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The Births and Relative Ages of Yaakov's Children/2
...m Rabbah</a><a href="SederOlamRabbah2" data-aht="source">Seder Olam Rabbah 2</a><a href="Seder Olam Rabbah" data-aht="parshan">About Seder Olam Rabbah</ ...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

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Avraham's Aliyah/2
...Chapter 11.<fn>For further discussion and other examples of achronology in Tanakh, see <a href="Chronological and Thematic Order" data-aht="page">Chronologic ...dia agrees that the story is not told chronologically, but he asserts that Tanakh simply reversed the cause and effect.  He suggests that the verse is c

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Purpose of the Trumpet Blowing/2
...60; He explicitly connects this to the role given to the trumpets in verse 2, "לְמִקְרָא הָעֵדָה".  This suggests that he might be ...s sentence serves as a heading for all of verses 2-10, and not just verses 2-7.  In each of the four cases mentioned in the unit (and not just the

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Dictionary:Cognates and Loanwords/0
<li>Tur Sinai<fn>See Tur Sinai, "וכפר אדמתו עמו (דברים לב, מג)", Tarbiz 24:2 (1955): 232.</fn> has suggested that the word "אַדְמָתוֹ" is relat ...באכדית", Shenaton: An Annual for Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies 2 (1977): 11-17.</fn> suggests a reading that does not entail adding or delet

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Commentators:R. Avraham ibn Ezra/0
...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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The Tree of Knowledge/2/en
...ce">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit2-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:1</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit3-1" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3:1</a><a hr ...2:17</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit2-18" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:18</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorBereshit3-5-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 3

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Reward and Punishment/2
...aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelShemot20-11" data-aht="source">Shemot 20:11</a><a href="AbarbanelVayikra26-3" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26:3</a>< ...s and punishments promised in <a href="Shemot15-26" data-aht="source">Shemot 15:26</a>,  <a href="Vayikra26-3-12" data-aht="source">Vayikra 26</a>,

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Arei Miklat – Cities of Refuge or Exile/2
...data-aht="source">Shadal</a><a href="ShadalShemot21-12" data-aht="source">Shemot 21:12-13</a><a href="ShadalBemidbar35-12" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 35:12, ...protective role of the cities.<fn>Since the word "מִקְלָט" only appears in Tanakh in the context of these cities, its meaning is difficult to determine with

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Yeshayahu's Mission in Chapter 6/2
...eRabbi Yishmael Shemot" data-aht="parshan">About Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael Shemot</a></multilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiYeshayahu6-157-13" data-aht="sour ...yahu received, it was only relayed later, after the prophecies of Chapters 2-5.<fn>See below that he claims that since Yeshayahu was tasked with telling

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Concerns Regarding the Monarchy/2
...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 ...I 8:5-6</a><a href="HoilMosheShemuelI12-2" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 12:2</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan">Ab

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Yaakov's Parting Words to Shimon and Levi/2
...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 ...בָּשָׁן" (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."&#1

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Repairing the Destroyed Altar/2
...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 ...ki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelomo Yitzchaki</a></multilink> #2, <multilink><a href="RadakMelakhimI18-30-31" data-aht="source">Radak</a><a

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Purpose of the Pesach/2
...="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 ...em protected the Israelites while the "מַשְׁחִית" slew the Egyptians</b> – Shemot Rabbah presents Hashem as physically preventing the destroying angel from e

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Why Was Hashem Angry at Bilam/2
...also in <a href="MorehNevukhim2-42" data-aht="source">Moreh Nevukhim 2:42</a> is assuming that during the initial episode Bilam was still obedient ...s comments in <a href="MorehNevukhim2-45" data-aht="source">Moreh Nevukhim 2:45</a>.</fn>  As <multilink><a href="RambamShemonahPerakim7" data-aht=

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Nature of the Chatat/2
...rce">Vayikra 3:1</a><a href="RambanVayikra4-2" data-aht="source">Vayikra 4:2</a><a href="RambanVayikra5-15" data-aht="source">Vayikra 5:15</a><a href="R ...0-17" data-aht="source">50:17</a>, <a href="Shemot10-17" data-aht="source">Shemot 10:17</a>, <a href="Shemot32-20" data-aht="source">32:20</a> or <a hre

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Overview – Sefer Bereshit/0
...ּׁמַיִם וְהָאָרֶץ" – <a href="Bereshit2-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 2:4</a> introduces the stories of the first humans, the family of Adam.</li> <li>"אֵלֶּה תֹּלְדוֹת יַעֲקֹב" – <a href="Bereshit37-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 37</a> introduces the last section of the book

42 KB (6,488 words) - 11:52, 28 January 2023
Moshe's Misstep and Mei Merivah/2
<point><b>Comparison to Shemot 17</b><ul> ...ple, how he asserts that Moshe was told to strike the rock as mentioned in Shemot.</fn></li>

50 KB (7,994 words) - 11:36, 28 January 2023
Yaakov/0/en
...ape of Dinah.  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>  <multil

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Test/2/en
...Between Shemot and Devarim" data-aht="page">Decalogue Differences Between Shemot and Devarim</a> confidence before his reunion with <a href="Commentato ...eation: Bereshit 1–2" data-aht="page">Two Accounts of Creation: Bereshit 1–2</a>Chofni notes <a href="Avraham" data-aht="page">Avraham</a> the para

37 KB (5,471 words) - 11:07, 28 January 2023
Test/2/he
...Between Shemot and Devarim" data-aht="page">Decalogue Differences Between Shemot and Devarim</a> confidence before his reunion with <a href="Commentato ...eation: Bereshit 1–2" data-aht="page">Two Accounts of Creation: Bereshit 1–2</a>Chofni notes <a href="Avraham" data-aht="page">Avraham</a> the para

37 KB (5,476 words) - 11:48, 28 January 2023
Wrestling With Angels and Men/2
...es</a></multilink> who maintains that all visions of an angel described in Tanakh (including this story) occurred in a dream or prophecy. For more, see <a hr ...e">Josephus</a><a href="Josephus1-20-2" data-aht="source">Antiquities 1:20:2</a><a href="Josephus" data-aht="parshan">About Josephus</a></multilink>,<fn

37 KB (5,512 words) - 12:56, 28 January 2023
Lemekh's Monologue/2/en
...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. T ...ilink>, <multilink><a href="RashiBereshit4-23-24" data-aht="source">Rashi #2</a><a href="RashiBereshit4-15" data-aht="source">Bereshit 4:15</a><a href="

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Are Children Punished for Parents' Sins/2
...Who sinned in this verse – only the parent, only the child, or both?<br/> 2. Who is punished – only the parent, only the child, or both?</p> ...they attempt to present composite theories of how Divine justice works in Tanakh and throughout the course of history.</p>

153 KB (23,303 words) - 11:55, 28 January 2023
Why Worry About Bilam/2
<point><b>Parallel cases</b> – There are many stories in Tanakh which suggest that there is real power in blessings/ curses or other magica ...bling experience</b> – Y. Kaufmann<fn>See תולדות האמונה הישראלית,‎ 1:2 (Tel Aviv, 1960): 462-463, 497-498.</fn> suggests that one of the problems

25 KB (4,042 words) - 12:59, 28 January 2023
Purpose of Akeidat Yitzchak/2/en
...0:16</a> 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 ...">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimBereshit22-1-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 22:1-2</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Me

57 KB (8,467 words) - 12:03, 28 January 2023
Lemekh's Monologue/2/he
...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. T ..., <multilink><a href="RashiBereshit4-23-24" data-aht="source">רש״י #‏2‏</a><a href="RashiBereshit4-15" data-aht="source">בראשית ד׳:�

31 KB (4,544 words) - 10:59, 28 January 2023
In-laws/5
<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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Yiftach's Vow/2
...tion of Jewish Interpretation to the Story of Jephthah’s Daughter," JQR 95:2, (2005): 228-256 about the Karaite origins of this approach.</fn> <multilin ...a disjunctive and means "or" rather than "and".<fn>R. Yosef Kimchi brings Shemot 21:17, "וּמְקַלֵּל אָבִיו וְאִמּוֹ", as another exa

31 KB (4,674 words) - 15:15, 25 February 2024
Purpose of the Sacrifices/2
...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

61 KB (9,056 words) - 12:09, 28 January 2023
Sale of the Birthright – A Fair Deal/2/en
...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

38 KB (5,928 words) - 12:00, 28 January 2023
Commentators:R. Eliyahu of Vilna (Vilna Gaon – GR"A)/0
<content>Aderet Eliyahu on Tanakh, Beur HaGRA</content> ...tion – for unknown reasons<fn>See M. Tzuriel, Otzerot Gedolei Yisrael Vol. 2:139-142 for a discussion of possible reasons.</fn> – and returned to Viln

27 KB (4,202 words) - 20:45, 30 July 2015
Avraham's Prayer for Sedom/2/en
...n Tanakh, though, the word is masculine. See, for instance: Bereshit 30:2, Shemot 22:23, and 32:10.</fn></point> ...n though"<fn>This matches the word's meaning in most of its occurrences in Tanakh, and is thus an advantage for Sforno's interpretation.</fn> rather than "al

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Avraham's Prayer for Sedom/2/he
...n Tanakh, though, the word is masculine. See, for instance: Bereshit 30:2, Shemot 22:23, and 32:10.</fn></point> ...n though"<fn>This matches the word's meaning in most of its occurrences in Tanakh, and is thus an advantage for Sforno's interpretation.</fn> rather than "al

46 KB (6,689 words) - 11:14, 28 January 2023
The Flood Story and Biblical Criticism/0/en
...pure and impure species.  <a href="Bereshit7-1-5" data-aht="source">7:2-3</a>, in contrast, recounts Hashem's command to take seven pairs of each p ...tween pure and impure species (<a href="Bereshit7-1-5" data-aht="source">7:2-3</a>).</li>

75 KB (7,985 words) - 12:16, 28 January 2023
Yaakov's Blessing of Yosef/2
....<fn>Other 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 ...ilar metaphor in <a href="Yirmeyahu9-2" data-aht="source">Yirmeyahu 9:2</a> and <a href="Yirmeyahu9-7" data-aht="source">9:7</a>.</fn> and understa

34 KB (4,761 words) - 12:56, 28 January 2023
ANE:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East/5
<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">

127 KB (11,622 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2020
Grammar:Tenses in Tanakh/5
<h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> <source xmlid="Bereshit1-29" book="English Bereshit" ref="1,29" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/1.29$$e1">

210 KB (17,551 words) - 10:01, 4 November 2023

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