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  • <p>David speaks of his desire to build the Mikdash on two other occasions in Tanakh. When preparing Shelomo to take over the throne, David tells him:<fn>See <a ...n>See <a href="DivreiHaYamimI28-2-3" data-aht="source">Divrei HaYamim I 28:2-3</a>.</fn> he similarly tells the people:</p>
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  • <subcategory name="Devarim Interpolations">Interpolations from Devarim 1 ...lve this contradiction, both 4Q22 and SP Shemot 18 conflate the Shemot and Devarim accounts. According to their resulting composite story, after Moshe receiv
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  • ...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 ...erent commentators’ approaches to the hardening of human beings’ hearts in Tanakh. Some propose that, at times, Hashem removes an individual’s free choice,
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  • ...60;<multilink><a href="AbarbanelBereshit1-26" data-aht="source">Abarbanel #2</a><a href="AbarbanelBereshit1-26" data-aht="source">Bereshit 1:26</a><a hr ...22:19-20</a>,&#160;<a href="Yeshayahu6-2-8" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 6:2-8</a> and <a href="Iyyov1-6-7" data-aht="source">Iyyov 1:6-7</a>. Cassuto c
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  • ...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></ ...ht="source">Lekach Tov</a><a href="LekachTovDevarim26-5" data-aht="source">Devarim 26:5</a><a href="R. Toviah b. Eliezer (Lekach Tov)" data-aht="parshan">Abou
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  • ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:12:3-12:3&amp;c2=Bemidbar:22:6-22:6&amp;f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a> to compare Bereshit 12:3 and Bemidbar 22:6. In the former, Hashem p ...uggest that the statement "וְלֹא קָם נָבִיא עוֹד בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל כְּמֹשֶׁה" (Devarim 34:10) is limited to Jews, but Bilam, who was not Jewish, was a prophet at
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  • <content>Commentary on most of Tanakh</content> ...וריו של רבי משה אלשיך", Sefunot 7 (1963) (hereafter: Shalem, Works): 181 n.2, where he explains that such an assumption is unfounded.</fn> – c. 1593</
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  • <li>Rut – 1 Nissan 5089 (March 2, 1329)</li> <li>Shofetim – possibly 26 Tishrei 5097 (October 2, 1336). [The manuscript reads 26 Tishrei 5197 (October 6, 1436). This dat
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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 ...ce">9</a> explicitly backtrack to the first month.<fn><a href="Bemidbar7-1-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 7</a> is dated to the "day that Moshe finished
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  • <p>There are several words In Tanakh which are treated as both masculine and feminine, at times taking a masculi ...>ארץ</b> - Compare&#160;<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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  • ...Introduction</a><a href="RDavidZviHoffmannDevarim17-14" data-aht="source">Devarim 17:14</a><a href="R. David Zvi Hoffmann" data-aht="parshan">About R. David ...About R. Avraham Porto</a></multilink> (and R. D"Z Hoffmann, similarly) on Devarim 17, who asserts that the nation was not permitted to appoint a king until a
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  • <p>The word "עָרֹב" appears in only three places in Tanakh: <a href="Shemot8-16" data-aht="source">Shemot 8:16-28</a>, <a href="Tehill ...ne the different possibilities – see Midrash Tehillim and Shemot Rabbah 11:2.</fn></p>
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  • ..." data-aht="source">Ralbag</a><a href="RalbagDevarim6-5" data-aht="source">Devarim 6:5</a><a href="R. Levi b. Gershom (Ralbag, Gersonides)" data-aht="parshan" .... Cf. a parallel exegetical dispute regarding the process of repentance in Devarim 4:30 and 30:1-10.</fn></point>
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  • ...enice,<fn>He references this searing event in his commentary on Devarim 33:2.</fn> and he instituted the dates of the burning as annual days of mourning ...odern times in Benei Berak, 1989.</fn> His commentaries on other books of Tanakh and Avot remain in manuscript.<fn>The manuscript is now located in the Nati
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  • ...enice,<fn>He references this searing event in his commentary on Devarim 33:2.</fn> and he instituted the dates of the burning as annual days of mourning ...odern times in Benei Berak, 1989.</fn> His commentaries on other books of Tanakh and Avot remain in manuscript.<fn>The manuscript is now located in the Nati
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  • ...izkuni)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chizkiyah b. Manoach</a></multilink> #2,</mekorot> ...ism and atheism, but it is doubtful whether atheism existed in the time of Tanakh.</fn></li>
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  • ...0;Bereshit 24:43 (<b>וְהָיָה הָעַלְמָה</b> הַיֹּצֵאת לִשְׁאֹב), Kohelet 11:2 (מַה <b>יִּהְיֶה רָעָה</b>)</fn> note that the phenomenon i ...9:6</a> (וַיְהִי אֲנָשִׁים),&#160;<a href="Devarim22-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 22:23</a> (כִּי יִהְיֶה נַעֲרָ בְתוּלָה),</li>
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  • ...urce">R. Yosef Bekhor Shor</a><a href="RYBSDevarim25-17" data-aht="source">Devarim 25:17-19</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yose ...a-aht="source">Shemot 17</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim25" data-aht="source">Devarim 25</a><a href="AbarbanelShemuelI15" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 15</a><a hr
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  • <h1>Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</h1> <category>Treaties in Tanakh
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  • ...bbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaAmalek1" data-aht="source">Yitro Amalek 1-2</a><a href="MekhiltaAmalek1compared" data-aht="source">Manuscripts</a><a hr ...the second option of Ibn Kaspi.<fn>The difficulty with this option is that Devarim 1's language and content more closely parallels that of Shemot 18 – see <
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  • ...-aht="source">Sforno</a><a href="Sforno18-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 18:1-2</a><a href="R. Ovadyah Sforno" data-aht="parshan">About Sforno</a></multili ...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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  • ...spite owning vineyards that were more valuable than Navot's (Melakhim I 21:2), he was still unsatisfied.</fn>&#160;</li> ...st upright.<fn>The Torah addresses this issue through the laws of kings in Devarim 17, all of which are meant to curb the king's powers and abuse thereof.</fn
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  • ...emot 20. In the parallel verses in <a href="Devarim5-8" data-aht="source">Devarim 5:9</a>, there are three small orthographic differences (all related to the ...nstitutes an attribute of mercy or vengeance will be discussed in <a href="2" data-aht="subpage">Approaches</a>.<p>Additional questions which impact the
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  • ...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 <point><b>"וְקַצֹּתָה אֶת כַּפָּהּ" in Devarim 25:12</b> – Some modern scholars have proposed that "כַּפָּהּ" re
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  • <p>The stories surrounding Rachel in Tanakh focus mainly on her interactions with Yaakov and Leah, highlighting the ten ...</fn> suggest that the name means "sorrow",<fn>Compare the word's usage in Devarim 26:14.</fn> focusing on the distress Rachel felt when dying.</li>
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  • <point><b>Meaning of "ערלה"</b> – The word "ערלה" elsewhere in Tanakh refers to a foreskin, and the word ערלים is used to describe those who ...>R. Moshe Alshikh</a><a href="RMosheAlshikhDevarim14-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 14:23</a><a href="R. Moshe Alshikh" data-aht="parshan">About R. Moshe Alshi
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  • ...unique meaning in Tanakh,<fn>The other occurrences of the word "נְצִיב" in Tanakh refer to a garrison or appointed officer, not an inanimate figure.</fn> and ..., R. Yosef Bekhor Shor notes that <a href="Devarim29-22" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:22</a> is explicit that the mineral was part of the fire and brimstone s
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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> ...ְהוֹשֻׁעַ בִּן נוּן וַיֹּאמֶר חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ... וְאָנֹכִי אֶהְיֶה עִמָּךְ" (Devarim 31:23).</fn> &#160;</li>
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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 ...>Vayikra 9:23</a><a href="RashbamVayikra16-2" data-aht="source">Vayikra 16:2</a><a href="R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shemu
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  • <content>Commentary on most of Tanakh, Yair Or, Eretz Chemdah, Artzot HaShalom, Artzot HaChayyim</content> ...f logic.</fn> Autobiography<fn>Published in serial form in HaLevanon (vol. 2, 1865).</fn></li>
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  • ...as</a><a href="RChasdaiCrescasOhrHashem2-4-3" data-aht="source">Ohr Hashem 2:4:3</a><a href="R. Chasdai Crescas" data-aht="parshan">About R. Chasdai Cre ...eclares it unprecedented, these sources must explain how this squares with Devarim's contention that Moshe's miracle-making transcended all others. <br/>
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  • ..." 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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  • <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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  • <p>At times Tanakh switches from speaking in second person to third person (or vice versa) whe ...ata-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraDevarim5-5" data-aht="source">Devarim 5:5</a><a href="IbnEzraYeshayahu1-29" data-aht="source">Yeshayahu 1:29</a><
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  • ...ltilink>,&#160;Y. Ben-Ze'ev <fn>Y. Ben-Ze'ev, "'הנלוים אל ה" Beit Mikra 15:2 (1970): 180-186.</fn></mekorot> ...ם" serve kings in their courts and palaces. See, for instance, Bereshit 40:2, Shemuel I 8:15 and Esther 1:12. Ben-Ze'ev further posits that one need not
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  • ...evukhim 2:32</a><a href="RambamMoreh2-33" data-aht="source">Moreh Nevukhim 2:33</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Maimon (Rambam, Maimonides)" data-aht="parshan"> ...pprehending the Divine without the intervention of an angel.<fn>Cf. Sforno Devarim 5:4.</fn>&#160; Thus, even though the people only overheard Hashem's voice,
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  • ...il Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheMelakhimII2-1" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 2:1</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan"> ...to the sky rather than "heaven."<fn>He compares the usage here to that in Devarim 9:1, "עָרִים גְּדֹלֹת וּבְצֻרֹת בַּשָּׁמָי
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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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  • ...aht="source">Bemidbar 35</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim19" data-aht="source">Devarim 19</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzchak ...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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  • ...#160;<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Devarim:6:5-6:9&amp;c2=Devarim:11:13-11:21&amp;f=bc&amp;min=10&amp;max=5000">here</a> to see the extent of ...<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/studies-tanakh/literary-readings-tanakh/chiastic-and-concentric-structures">Chiastic and Concentric Structures</a>.
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  • ...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.&#160; See also <a href="Invoking Hashem's Name Without Explicit Divine San ...e guardian of the Holy of Holies.&#160; Similarly, at the end of his life (Devarim 31:9,25-26), Moshe gives the Torah which was to be placed next to the Ark t
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  • ...>Hoil Moshe</a><a href="HoilMosheShemuelI2-10" data-aht="source">Shemuel I 2:10</a><a href="R. Moshe Yitzchak Ashkenazi (Hoil Moshe)" data-aht="parshan" ...gs of thanksgiving.<fn>See, for instance, Bereshit 20:7, Bemidbar 21:7 and Devarim 9:26. However, see also Shemuel II 7:27 where the root appears in the conte
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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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  • ...d any cultic role at all.&#160; Rashi, in contrast, based on the verses in Devarim, delays the election of both Priests and Levites to the aftermath of the Si ...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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  • ...aht="source">Abarbanel</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim32-1" data-aht="source">Devarim 32:1</a><a href="R. Yitzchak Abarbanel" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yitzcha ..."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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  • <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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  • ...g in the center of the world.&#160;</fn> This is alluded to in Tehillim 50:2: "מִצִּיּוֹן מִכְלַל יֹפִי אֱ-לֹהִים הוֹפ ...ambamHilkhotBeitHaBechirah2-2" data-aht="source">Hilkhot Beit HaBechirah 2:2</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Maimon (Rambam, Maimonides)" data-aht="parshan">Abo
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  • ...the uprising are introduced in <a href="Bemidbar16" data-aht="source">16:1-2</a>:</p> ..., the sons of Eliab, and On, the son of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took men: (2) and they rose up before Moses, with certain of the children of Israel, two
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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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  • ...an">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink> #2,<fn>See his comments to Devarim 12.&#160; In his commentary on Vayikra 3 and 17, R. Hoffmann also suggests ...in verse 14) and once more in <a href="Devarim12-16-25" data-aht="source">Devarim 12:23</a>, supporting the idea that Torah views this as a central component
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