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- <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>2 KB (341 words) - 03:46, 5 January 2024
- <p>Miryam’s actions are referred to later in the Torah, in Devarim 24:8-9. The verses warn to be careful about the plague of <i>tzara'at</i> a ...iam">Remembering Miriam</a>, by R. Jonathan Mishkin, for discussion of why Devarim commands remembering Miryam’s sin when the Torah does not similarly instr3 KB (502 words) - 01:06, 6 May 2024
- <td width="14%"><b>Devarim</b></td> <td>Devarim15 KB (2,306 words) - 12:29, 28 October 2021
- <h1>Tanakh & the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Vayeshev</h1> ...ontains a list of links to articles which touch on the connections between Tanakh and ancient cultures.</div>5 KB (725 words) - 03:55, 5 January 2024
- ...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> <li>Use<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Shemot/16.2#m5e1n6"> Makbilot BaMikra</a> to find links to the many verses which speak6 KB (857 words) - 12:49, 11 April 2024
- <content>Commentaries on Bereshit, Shemot, Vayikra, Devarim, ספר מלמד להועיל, ראיות מכריעות נגד ולהוי� ...nvited R. D"Z Hoffmann to join the faculty and teach Talmud, Halakhah, and Tanakh.</li>7 KB (1,042 words) - 18:04, 14 February 2015
- ...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> <li>Use<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Dual/Biblical_Parallels/Shemot/16.2#m5e1n6"> Makbilot BaMikra</a> to find links to the many verses which speak5 KB (704 words) - 01:19, 29 December 2023
- <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="3 KB (434 words) - 19:38, 11 August 2014
- ...od to be a venomous snake.<fn>See <a href="Devarim32-33" data-aht="source">Devarim 32:33</a> and <a href="Tehillim91-13" data-aht="source">Tehillim 91:13</a>. 2. Serpent7 KB (939 words) - 13:00, 28 January 2023
- ...נֶת appears only once in Tanakh – <a href="Devarim27-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:23</a>.</li> ...ition of sleeping with a חותנת in <a href="Devarim27-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:23</a> would be ambiguous.</fn></li>6 KB (836 words) - 08:18, 20 January 2015
- <p>There are certain sections of Tanakh which commentators explain in such diametrically opposed ways that what is ...ata-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiDevarim21-10-14" data-aht="source">Devarim 21:10-14</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About6 KB (922 words) - 22:26, 4 September 2019
- <li>See <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/he/tanakh/torah/sefer-shemot/parashat-beshalach/beshalach-you-were-rebellious-or-kind ...oncordance/5175">concordance</a> to find all places where snakes appear in Tanakh.  </li>10 KB (1,648 words) - 14:12, 11 April 2024
- ...f Moshe's legal speech (<a href="Devarim4-1-3" data-aht="source">Devarim 4:2</a>), he warns the nation against adding or subtracting from Hashem's comma ...epeated in very similar wording in <a href="Devarim13-1" data-aht="source">Devarim 13:1</a>:</p>7 KB (1,002 words) - 13:13, 8 March 2021
- <p><a href="Devarim20-10-18" data-aht="source">Devarim 20</a> discusses the nation's obligations when fighting against both d ...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 it6 KB (851 words) - 08:53, 31 July 2019
- <h1>Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Devarim</h1> ...-aht="source">R. Hirsch</a><a href="RSRHirschDevarim1-1" data-aht="source">Devarim 1:1</a><a href="R. Samson Raphael Hirsch" data-aht="parshan">About R. Samso10 KB (1,609 words) - 13:31, 4 September 2019
- ...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 Tanakh7 KB (929 words) - 23:49, 2 May 2023
- ...atzah and prohibition to eat leavened bread are mentioned several times in Tanakh, with different reasons given for the law in different verses</p> ...atzah that precedes the Exodus, whereas Shemot 12:34 and 12:39, as well as Devarim 16:3, characterize matzah as a result of the hurried departure from Egypt,5 KB (863 words) - 01:16, 29 December 2023
- ...or loans to the disadvantaged (<a href="Devarim15-7-10" data-aht="source">Devarim 15:7-10</a>).</fn> ...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</a13 KB (1,953 words) - 07:17, 6 May 2021
- <li>Forms of the verb נבל or the noun נבלה appear in Tanakh in reference to humans, animals, and plants: <li>Humans – נבלה (e.g. Devarim 21:23).</li>5 KB (642 words) - 17:02, 4 July 2019
- <p>The word חַיִל in its various forms appears 251 times in Tanakh.<fn>The word חֵל (a wall or fortress) occurs in another eight verses. I <li>Biblical verses – Shemuel I 2:4, Yeshayahu 5:22, Tehillim 33:16</li>7 KB (915 words) - 12:24, 24 July 2019
- <h1>The Story of the Spies in Bemidbar and Devarim</h1> <p>The differences introduced in Devarim are intentional changes made by Moshe so as to best get across his message18 KB (2,633 words) - 12:25, 22 October 2022
- ...orrelated with and caused by great sin.<fn>For examples, see the rebuke of Devarim 28 and its punishment for disobedience: "יִתֶּנְךָ י"י נִגָ� <p>Two other passages in Tanakh refer back to the destruction of Shiloh, and might shed further light on ou4 KB (698 words) - 22:42, 3 October 2019
- ...ata-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraDevarim5-5" data-aht="source">Devarim 5:5</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotSecondCommentary20-1" data-aht="source">Shemot ...speak to them?  Attempt to bolster your position from other cases in Tanakh.</li>7 KB (1,147 words) - 03:49, 26 May 2020
- <p>Though many of the interactions in Tanakh between Israel and its neighbors are hostile, there are several stories of ...with Foreign Leaders</a> for points of comparison among several stories in Tanakh that describe successful interactions with foreign leaders. In many of thes13 KB (2,034 words) - 22:56, 11 April 2024
- <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 ...time of David (<a href="ShemuelII21-1-2" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 21:1-2</a>), or the plagues after the sins of the Golden Calf (<a href="Shemot32-27 KB (1,169 words) - 01:10, 12 May 2020
- ...ata-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraDevarim5-5" data-aht="source">Devarim 5:5</a><a href="IbnEzraShemotSecondCommentary20-1" data-aht="source">Shemot ...oses to speak to them?  Attempt to bring evidence from other cases in Tanakh.</li>8 KB (1,245 words) - 11:31, 8 September 2019
- <q xml:lang="en">(2) And to the Children of Israel you are to say: Any man, any man of the Chil <p>Molekh appears in three other verses in Tanakh, and the context of all of these is some form of idolatry.<fn><a href="Mela8 KB (978 words) - 13:06, 30 April 2020
- ...it26-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 26:2</a>.  In all of these verses, Tanakh uses the formulation, "'<b>וַיֵּרָא</b> י״י אֶל" rather than ...ses also imply that seeing Hashem might lead to death.  In Vayikra 16:2, Hashem warns that Aharon may not enter the Inner Sanctum whenever he wants9 KB (1,318 words) - 06:18, 21 February 2020
- ...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 ...eless, certain verses, such as <a href="Devarim29-17-20" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:17-20</a>, explicitly refer to the individual, promising that s/he speci7 KB (1,094 words) - 01:08, 12 May 2020
- ...0;chronological place.<fn>For a full discussion of issues of chronology in Tanakh and many examples where commentators posit achronology, see <a href="Chrono ...rrival and reunion with Moshe in <a href="Shemot18-5" data-aht="source">18:2-11</a></li>10 KB (1,689 words) - 10:33, 11 January 2020
- ...Rabbi Yishmael</a><a href="MekhiltaAmalek2" data-aht="source">Yitro Amalek 2</a><a href="Mekhilta DeRabbi Yishmael" data-aht="parshan">About the Mekhilt <point><b>Usage in Tanakh</b> – In <a href="MelakhimII1-9" data-aht="source">Melakhim II 1:9-14</a>13 KB (2,023 words) - 21:06, 30 July 2015
- ...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> <li>See <a href="https://www.etzion.org.il/he/tanakh/torah/sefer-shemot/parashat-beshalach/beshalach-you-were-rebellious-or-kind11 KB (1,735 words) - 06:40, 18 March 2024
- ...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,7 KB (1,145 words) - 06:28, 14 November 2023
- ...0;– Use the concordance to see how the word and phrase are used throughout Tanakh.</p> ...blical parallels that demonstrate the various connotations of knowledge in Tanakh.  This root word can relate to: a) skilled knowledge b) intent or will14 KB (2,140 words) - 10:13, 20 September 2023
- <p>The laws of the Pesach sacrifice are spoken of in both Shemot 12 and Devarim 16.</p> ...ddition to Shemot 12, the most extensive discussion of Korban Pesach is in Devarim 16.</li>13 KB (2,019 words) - 01:14, 29 December 2023
- <category>Story of the Spies in Bemidbar and Devarim <p>The story of the spies is retold by Moshe in Devarim 1.  Moshe's account of the event differs significantly from the origin19 KB (2,967 words) - 01:26, 6 May 2024
- <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 ways15 KB (2,164 words) - 01:20, 30 January 2024
- ...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. Pray8 KB (1,157 words) - 12:49, 28 January 2023
- ...8" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiDevarim10-8" data-aht="source">Devarim 10:8</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. ...ash? Which of these are attested to in Torah and which only in the rest of Tanakh?</p>28 KB (4,137 words) - 11:47, 28 January 2023
- There are only two places in Tanakh where a prophet intervenes to save a non-Jewish city of sinners from destru ...דום" when desiring to exemplify a city's destruction,<fn>See, for example, Devarim 29:22, Yeshayahu 13:19, Yirmeyahu 49:18, Yirmeyahu 50:40, and Amos 4:11. KB (1,019 words) - 00:11, 3 September 2020
- ...ta-aht="source">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 2. Request9 KB (1,273 words) - 13:12, 28 January 2023
- On three occasions in Tanakh, a prophet receives a revelation at Mt. Sinai. Hashem reveals Himself to Mo ...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>7 KB (1,059 words) - 14:35, 31 October 2019
- ...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 ...ee the <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab/Shemot/32/1/32/35">Tanakh Lab</a> that variations of the phrase "<b>אֲשֶׁר הֶעֱלוּךָ �13 KB (1,945 words) - 14:04, 11 April 2024
- ...18:21</a><a href="RSaadiaGaonTafsirDevarim18-10" data-aht="source">Tafsir Devarim 18:10</a><a href="R. Saadia Gaon" data-aht="parshan">About R. Saadia Gaon</ ...Ramban points to the verses of <a href="Devarim12-29-31" data-aht="source">Devarim 12:31</a>, <multilink><a href="MelakhimII17-29-33" data-aht="source">Melakh25 KB (3,481 words) - 11:43, 4 July 2019
- ...ah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Bereshit:18:1-18:33&c2=Shemot:33:1-34:35&f=bc">Tanakh Lab</a>.</li> <li>See <a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/torah/sefer-bereishit/parashat-vayera/vayera-revelations-avraham-and-moshe"14 KB (2,158 words) - 14:24, 26 February 2024
- ...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 h12 KB (1,724 words) - 12:33, 24 July 2019
- <li>See <a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/neviim/sefer-shmuel-aleph/chapter-3-shmuels-consecration-prophecy">Shemuel� <li>See<a href="https://etzion.org.il/en/tanakh/neviim/sefer-yirmeyahu/%E2%80%9C-i-formed-you-belly-i-knew-you%E2%80%9D-%E29 KB (1,361 words) - 00:31, 29 December 2023
- ...h</a><a href="HaKetavVeHaKabbalahDevarim27-2" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:2</a><a href="R. Yaakov Mecklenburg (HaKetav VeHaKabbalah)" data-aht="parshan ...data-aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanDevarim27-3" data-aht="source">Devarim 27:3</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parsh29 KB (4,449 words) - 11:37, 9 May 2017
- ...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 ...the individual descriptions of these nine wonders – see Shemot 8:19, 10:1-2, 11:9-10.</fn> In contrast, the last two – the killing of the firstborn a21 KB (3,174 words) - 11:57, 28 January 2023
- ...שִׁים"‎.<fn>See <a href="Bereshit18-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 18:2,16,22</a> and <a href="Bereshit19-5" data-aht="source">Bereshit 19:5,8,10,1 ...source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiBereshit18-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 18:2</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Shelo10 KB (1,580 words) - 13:19, 31 July 2019
- <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>8 KB (976 words) - 15:45, 5 October 2019
- ...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,11 KB (1,803 words) - 01:11, 29 December 2023
- <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 receiv33 KB (4,792 words) - 11:40, 4 July 2019
- ...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>, <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 c25 KB (3,738 words) - 12:25, 28 January 2023
- ...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">Abou13 KB (1,985 words) - 23:47, 21 January 2015
- ...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 ...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 at14 KB (2,117 words) - 01:24, 12 April 2024
- <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</8 KB (1,225 words) - 13:00, 14 October 2014
- <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 dat11 KB (1,549 words) - 07:07, 14 January 2019
- ...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 finished54 KB (7,608 words) - 20:53, 29 October 2023
- <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 (as26 KB (3,267 words) - 23:23, 20 February 2024
- ...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 a33 KB (5,063 words) - 12:04, 28 January 2023
- <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>19 KB (2,760 words) - 12:50, 28 January 2023
- ..." 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>34 KB (5,085 words) - 03:59, 7 May 2020
- ...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 Nati9 KB (1,343 words) - 13:00, 14 October 2014
- ...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 Nati9 KB (1,351 words) - 06:33, 4 December 2014
- ...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>49 KB (7,564 words) - 11:34, 28 January 2023
- ...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), <a href="Devarim22-23" data-aht="source">Devarim 22:23</a> (כִּי יִהְיֶה נַעֲרָ בְתוּלָה),</li>21 KB (2,676 words) - 07:56, 13 September 2023
- ...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 hr35 KB (5,387 words) - 22:35, 29 October 2020
- <h1>Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East</h1> <category>Treaties in Tanakh29 KB (4,583 words) - 12:32, 3 September 2022
- ...-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.22 KB (3,492 words) - 07:38, 15 January 2024
- ...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 <64 KB (10,340 words) - 06:33, 23 July 2021
- ...spite owning vineyards that were more valuable than Navot's (Melakhim I 21:2), he was still unsatisfied.</fn> </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.</fn11 KB (1,736 words) - 03:21, 22 August 2018
- ...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 the19 KB (2,741 words) - 00:52, 5 September 2019
- ...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" re29 KB (4,264 words) - 02:47, 31 July 2023
- <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>30 KB (4,574 words) - 11:32, 28 January 2023
- <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 Alshi17 KB (2,668 words) - 00:24, 2 May 2019
- ...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 s18 KB (2,951 words) - 17:26, 4 July 2019
- ...f Hashem" in its last chapter.</fn>  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>  </li>31 KB (2,977 words) - 00:36, 2 July 2018
- ...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. Shemu54 KB (7,788 words) - 11:46, 28 January 2023
- <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>10 KB (1,465 words) - 20:42, 4 August 2022
- ...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/>39 KB (6,082 words) - 12:39, 12 June 2018
- ..." 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 �12 KB (1,672 words) - 08:01, 30 July 2019
- <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 subje53 KB (7,018 words) - 11:28, 4 November 2023
- <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><37 KB (4,967 words) - 14:32, 24 March 2024
- ...ltilink>, 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 not19 KB (2,517 words) - 02:29, 12 February 2019
- ...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>  Thus, even though the people only overheard Hashem's voice,52 KB (7,576 words) - 12:14, 1 November 2023
- ...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 בַּשָּׁמָי22 KB (3,239 words) - 13:39, 24 July 2019
- <content>Commentaries on Tanakh and Talmud, Sifrut Debei Rashi</content> <li><b>Biblical commentaries</b> – Rashi wrote commentaries on all of Tanakh.</li>75 KB (10,263 words) - 10:39, 24 May 2023
- ...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 with28 KB (4,405 words) - 12:16, 28 January 2023
- ...#160;<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/TanakhLab?c1=Devarim:6:5-6:9&c2=Devarim:11:13-11:21&f=bc&min=10&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>.30 KB (3,667 words) - 05:44, 9 February 2024
- ...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 ...e guardian of the Holy of Holies.  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 t23 KB (3,534 words) - 12:28, 28 January 2023
- ...>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 conte26 KB (3,823 words) - 23:57, 5 September 2017
- <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�89 KB (12,725 words) - 13:40, 17 January 2024
- ...d any cultic role at all.  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 K41 KB (6,141 words) - 11:29, 28 January 2023
- ...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></66 KB (10,151 words) - 01:04, 2 December 2020
- <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 771 KB (10,011 words) - 08:03, 20 December 2021
- ...g in the center of the world. </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">Abo32 KB (4,699 words) - 10:23, 28 January 2023
- ...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, two13 KB (1,795 words) - 01:37, 13 September 2019
- <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 lite80 KB (11,486 words) - 11:33, 1 August 2021
- ...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 ...ִים, identified as Yericho.<fn>See <a href="Devarim34-3" data-aht="source">Devarim 34:3</a> and <a href="DivreiHaYamimII28-15" data-aht="source">Divrei HaYami21 KB (3,189 words) - 13:43, 24 July 2019
- ...an">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink> #2,<fn>See his comments to Devarim 12.  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 component51 KB (7,745 words) - 10:24, 28 January 2023
- ...a href="IbnEzraEstherSecondVersion2-10" data-aht="source">Esther Version B 2:10</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn ...>Radak</a><a href="RadakMelakhimI11-1-2" data-aht="source">Melakhim I 11:1-2</a><a href="R. David Kimchi (Radak)" data-aht="parshan">About R. David Kimc35 KB (5,193 words) - 22:39, 22 March 2016
- ...endants of Rachel.<fn>It appears from the words "אִישׁ יְמִינִי" in Esther 2:5 that Mordechai hails from the tribe of Binyamin.</fn></li> ...60; Although the individual words קצף and סָרִיס come up multiple times in Tanakh, they appear together only in these two cases and in Esther 1:12. In both o21 KB (2,651 words) - 12:28, 24 July 2019
- ...also Abarbanel Devarim 28 for his interpretation of the parallel verse in Devarim 28:69.</fn></li> ...the most difficult laws could help ensure observance of the rest.  In Devarim, once the whole Torah was given, Hashem naturally made a covenant on all.</36 KB (5,284 words) - 12:29, 28 January 2023
- ...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>14 KB (1,848 words) - 01:22, 13 September 2019
- ...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 rel118 KB (18,068 words) - 04:39, 27 November 2023
- ...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 ...e prooftext, the phrase "וְאָרוֹתִי אֶת בִּרְכוֹתֵיכֶם"  in Malakhi 2:2.  As it is hard to understand what it would mean to "curse a blessing,42 KB (6,147 words) - 15:40, 4 July 2019
- ...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 ...rce">Shemot 10:1</a><a href="NetzivShemot10-2" data-aht="source">Shemot 10:2</a><a href="NetzivShemot11-7" data-aht="source">Shemot 11:7</a><a href="Net47 KB (7,248 words) - 00:53, 7 August 2023
- ...1" data-aht="source">Rashi</a><a href="RashiDevarim10-1" data-aht="source">Devarim 10:1</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. <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,26 KB (3,892 words) - 13:25, 24 July 2019
- ...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 355 KB (8,349 words) - 09:27, 24 October 2020
- ...Devarim 22:6</a><a href="AbarbanelDevarim32Introduction" data-aht="source">Devarim 32 Introduction</a><a href="NachalatAvotMishnaAvot1-3" data-aht="source">Na ...source">Devarim 28</a> or <a href="Devarim29-21-27" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:21-27</a>.  As these include agricultural blessings, promises of vi111 KB (16,500 words) - 11:37, 28 January 2023
- ...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 the35 KB (5,030 words) - 11:37, 28 January 2023
- ...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 ...תָּשֹׁלּוּ" found in Rut 2:16.<fn>Cf. Rashi, Rashbam, and Ibn Ezra on Rut 2:16 who interpret the phrase differently.</fn></li>27 KB (4,012 words) - 22:23, 6 May 2024
- ...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>158 KB (21,927 words) - 04:08, 3 April 2024
- ...t="source">Bemidbar 22:23</a><a href="RambanDevarim18-9" data-aht="source">Devarim 18:9-12</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="pa <point><b>Parallel cases</b> – There are many stories in Tanakh which suggest that there is real power in blessings/ curses or other magica25 KB (4,042 words) - 12:59, 28 January 2023
- ...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 ("� ...urce">Midrash HaGadol</a><a href="MidrashHaGadolDevarim" data-aht="source">Devarim</a><a href="Midrash HaGadol" data-aht="parshan">About Midrash HaGadol</a></42 KB (6,113 words) - 12:58, 28 January 2023
- ...ְאַבְּדָם"‎.<fn>All the variations of this position must assume that Tanakh is preserving the ambiguity of the original Persian in which Haman would ha ...h, is also one of destruction: "לְהַאֲבִיד אֶתְכֶם וּלְהַשְׁמִיד אֶתְכֶם" (Devarim 28:63).<br/> Another variation of this general approach is raised by the Oh37 KB (5,569 words) - 07:53, 18 March 2018
- ...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 vis67 KB (10,373 words) - 10:32, 28 January 2023
- ...ce">Shemot 32:27</a><a href="RambanVayikra9-2" data-aht="source">Vayikra 9:2</a><a href="RambanVayikra10-3" data-aht="source">Vayikra 10:3</a><a href="R <li><a href="Bemidbar32-20-31" data-aht="source">The petition of the 2 1/2 tribes</a> – Ramban points to the tribes' words "אֵת אֲשֶׁר42 KB (6,192 words) - 05:46, 20 August 2019
- ...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 ...for this can be found in Vida's introduction to R. Yaakov's Sefer Meishiv Devarim Nekhochim, pp. 18-20. See also Chavel's discussion in his introduction.</f94 KB (13,267 words) - 02:52, 29 May 2023
- ...'s judgment.  The psalms opens by describing God's dominion (verses 1-2) positioning Him as judge.  The continuation relates to the day of jud ...at the entrance and gates of the city.<fn>See, for example, Devarim 16:18, Devarim 22:15, Zecharya 8:16.</fn></li>21 KB (3,432 words) - 13:31, 7 April 2024
- ...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, b41 KB (4,275 words) - 08:01, 30 July 2019
- ...aht="source">Devarim 3:12</a><a href="NetzivDevarim3-16" data-aht="source">Devarim 3:16</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan" ...urce">Malbim</a><a href="MalbimBemidbar32-2" data-aht="source">Bemidbar 32:2</a><a href="R. Meir Leibush Weiser (Malbim)" data-aht="parshan">About R. Me51 KB (7,205 words) - 11:52, 28 January 2023
- ...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 ...Biblical verses.<fn>See, for example: Shemot 20:7,10, Shemot 31:14-15 and Devarim 5:12-15.  However, it should be noted that in many of its appearances51 KB (7,772 words) - 15:43, 4 July 2019
- <point><b>Purpose of blessings</b> – Unlike many other blessings in Tanakh, the blessing of increased produce serves not as a reward for observance, b ...whom He is addressing, see <a href="Devarim7-17-20" data-aht="source">Devarim 7:17-20</a> and <a href="Devarim18-21-22" data-aht="source">18:21</a>.</fn>16 KB (2,521 words) - 12:24, 28 January 2023
- ...ְכִפֶּר אַדְמָתוֹ עַמּוֹ" in <a href="Devarim32-43" data-aht="source">Devarim 32:43</a> is difficult from a syntactic perspective. Who is the subject of ...a-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraDevarim32-43" data-aht="source">Devarim 32:43</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham88 KB (12,486 words) - 07:18, 3 October 2023
- ...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=57 KB (8,487 words) - 12:51, 28 January 2023
- ...a-aht="source">Ibn Ezra</a><a href="IbnEzraDevarim29-20" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:20</a><a href="R. Avraham ibn Ezra" data-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ...tion of Jewish Interpretation to the Story of Jephthah’s Daughter," JQR 95:2, (2005): 228-256.</fn></point>31 KB (4,674 words) - 15:15, 25 February 2024
- ...-aht="source">Devarim 5:12</a><a href="RashiDevarim5-16" data-aht="source">Devarim 5:16</a><a href="R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)" data-aht="parshan">About R. ..."כַּאֲשֶׁר צִוְּךָ ה' אֱלֹהֶיךָ" regarding Shabbat and honoring parents in Devarim 5:12,16 (according to this opinion, both versions of the Decalogue were utt57 KB (8,236 words) - 08:01, 30 July 2019
- ...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 ...m the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619 (New York: 1823): 2:270.]</fn></point>19 KB (2,938 words) - 02:55, 15 February 2021
- <p><a href="Devarim34-10-12" data-aht="source">Devarim 34</a> declares Moshe's prophetic abilities unparalleled: "וְלֹא קָ� ...emidbar 12:7-8</a><a href="RYosefBekhorShorDevarim34-10" data-aht="source">Devarim 34:10</a><a href="R. Yosef Bekhor Shor" data-aht="parshan">About R. Yosef B88 KB (13,049 words) - 05:58, 13 February 2024
- ...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 <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 E41 KB (6,276 words) - 03:13, 26 August 2020
- ...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 many39 KB (6,116 words) - 11:46, 28 January 2023
- ...– Rashbam defines "מוֹלַדְתִּי" as family.<fn>Cf. Bereshit 43:7 and Esther 2:10, 8:6, and see <a href="$">"מוֹלֶדֶת"</a>.</fn> Thus, Avraham exp ...word is a <i>hapax legomenon</i> (a word which appears only once in all of Tanakh) whose meaning is debated by commentators.  See, for example, the disc36 KB (5,578 words) - 23:19, 8 November 2023
- ...explain that that terms of "הַטְּהוֹרָה" and "לֹא טְהֹרָה" (in Bereshit 7:2) are only the language of the narrator, and Noach was merely given a list o ...multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit9-1" data-aht="source">Tzeror Hamor #2</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit9-1" data-aht="source">Tzeror HaMor Bereshit40 KB (6,174 words) - 10:44, 28 January 2023
- ...erivah, which came about due to the nation's complaints (בִּגְלַלְכֶם). In Devarim, he connects it to the sin of the spies since he wanted to collectively men ...ames [מסה ומריבה of Shemot matches <a href="Devarim33-8" data-aht="source">Devarim</a>'s description, "אֲשֶׁר נִסִּיתוֹ בְּמַסָּה תְ50 KB (7,994 words) - 11:36, 28 January 2023
- ...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 ...aht="source">Ramban</a><a href="RambanShemot2-25" data-aht="source">Shemot 2:25</a><a href="RambanShemot12-40" data-aht="source">Shemot 12:40</a><a href76 KB (11,772 words) - 11:28, 28 January 2023
- ...Biographical Chronology of the Commentator", Journal of Jewish Studies 60:2 (2009): 282-297 has resolved the contradiction in a different way, demonstr ...e first period his primary literary output was in the field of poetry. His Tanakh commentaries, grammatical treatises, and other works were written in the la93 KB (12,083 words) - 08:00, 14 August 2023
- ...urce">Ramban</a><a href="RambanBereshit11-2" data-aht="source">Bereshit 11:2</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan">A ...hem acted to counter the height of the Babylonian arrogance (cf. Yeshayahu 2:12-18, 14:12-14).</point>23 KB (3,526 words) - 00:44, 4 September 2023
- ...">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>, an36 KB (5,634 words) - 22:15, 28 July 2019
- ...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
- ...opinion of the Sages in <a href="SifreDevarim33-6" data-aht="source">Sifre Devarim</a>. See also <multilink><a href="SfornoBereshit35-22" data-aht="source">Sf <li><b>Bore only twelve</b> – According to Ramban,<fn>In his comments to Devarim 33:6 Ramban gives an alternative explanation that the verse is sharing that31 KB (4,596 words) - 12:13, 28 January 2023
- ...t of order.<fn>For further discussion and other examples of achronology in Tanakh, see <a href="Chronological and Thematic Order" data-aht="page">Chronologic ...earlier.  This would wreak chronological havoc, as it would mean that Tanakh has the story of Avraham unfold in reverse chronological order.  [Chap35 KB (5,179 words) - 01:04, 11 November 2022
- ...t><b>"בְּקׇרְבָתָם לִפְנֵי י"י"</b> – The emphasis in <a href="Vayikra16-1-2" data-aht="source">Vayikra 16</a>'s description of the sin on "when they ca <point><b>Biblical parallels</b> – Several stories in Tanakh recount similar punishments for breaching boundaries:<br/>56 KB (8,616 words) - 06:50, 15 February 2024
- ...><a href="RambamAvodahZarah6-1" data-aht="source">Hilkhot Avodah Zarah 6:1-2</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Maimon (Rambam, Maimonides)" data-aht="parshan">Abo ...ving.  Akeidat Yitzchak compares the phenomenon to the many places in Tanakh where angels take on a physical form to appear to humans.  As further30 KB (4,679 words) - 23:20, 24 September 2019
- ...onary:נָא" data-aht="page">נָא</a> for more about the usage of the word in Tanakh.</fn> Avram had either truly never noticed Sarai's beauty beforehand,<fn>Ba ...ht="source">Devarim 5:30</a>, <a href="Devarim6-24" data-aht="source">Devarim 6:24</a> and <a href="Yirmeyahu38-20" data-aht="source">Yirmiyahu 38:20</a>41 KB (6,316 words) - 11:33, 28 January 2023
- ...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 ...uction to Shemot</a><a href="RambanShemot25-2" data-aht="source">Shemot 25:2</a><a href="RambanShemot29-46" data-aht="source">Shemot 29:46</a><a href="R61 KB (9,609 words) - 11:45, 28 January 2023
- ...od and water and the battle with Amalek,<fn>Cf. the use of "בַּדֶּרֶךְ" in Devarim 25:18-19 in reference to Amalek's attack.</fn> as opposed to the first half ...o's Visit</a>, and <a href="Yitro's Sacrifices and Eating Bread Before God/2" data-aht="page">Yitro's Sacrifices</a> for elaboration on Cassuto's positi25 KB (3,998 words) - 13:20, 28 January 2023
- ...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>  <multil67 KB (9,806 words) - 03:51, 9 June 2023
- ...t 18:19 where Hashem speaks of bringing blessing to Avraham, or Devarim 28:2 where Hashem promises rewards for obedience, " וּבָאוּ עָלֶיך� ...וּדְבָשׁ", a description which consistently has a positive connotation in Tanakh. </li>28 KB (3,880 words) - 21:57, 31 July 2019
- ...d see Radak there, and see R. Saadia's position in <a href="Cursing Canaan/2" data-aht="page">Cursing Canaan</a>.] This position is also found in Karait ...ls. The Hoil Moshe also cites the example of Mordechai's lineage in Esther 2:8, and the comments of the Talmud Bavli Megillah 12b.</fn></point>77 KB (11,200 words) - 12:16, 28 January 2023
- ...hen-Tziyon Nayot, <a href="http://www.daat.ac.il/daat/tanach/rishonim/navi-2.htm">"נביא ונבואה"</a>.  <br/>See also <multilink><a hr ...לבין לא תאכל לחם</a>", Masekhet 2 (2004): 167-181.</fn> points out that in Tanakh, when a prophet "eats by a king," it means that they are being being financ42 KB (6,615 words) - 14:00, 24 July 2019
- <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 Viln27 KB (4,202 words) - 20:45, 30 July 2015
- ...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 ...ource">Vayikra 1:4</a><a href="NetzivVayikra2-1" data-aht="source">Vayikra 2:1</a><a href="R. Naftali Tzvi Yehuda Berlin (Netziv)" data-aht="parshan">Ab61 KB (9,056 words) - 12:09, 28 January 2023
- ...e in Tanakh, though, the word is masculine. See, for instance: Bereshit 30:2, Shemot 22:23, and 32:10.</fn></point> ...#160; See Bereshit 19:31 and <a href="Devarim29-22" data-aht="source">Devarim 29:22</a> and <a href="Devarim34-1-3" data-aht="source">34:1-3</a>.</fn></p47 KB (7,246 words) - 10:46, 28 January 2023
- ...explain that that terms of "הַטְּהוֹרָה" and "לֹא טְהֹרָה" (in Bereshit 7:2) are only the language of the narrator, and Noach was merely given a list o ...>, <multilink><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit9-1" data-aht="source">צרור המור 2#</a><a href="TzerorHaMorBereshit9-1" data-aht="source">צרור המור ב41 KB (5,941 words) - 10:43, 28 January 2023
- ...>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 ...dness.<fn>Throughout the story, the issue of nakedness is highlighted (see 2:26, 3:7, 3:10, 3:11, and 3:22), suggesting that it is intrinsic to the stor55 KB (7,887 words) - 14:17, 24 July 2019
- ...emot and Devarim" data-aht="page">Decalogue Differences Between Shemot and Devarim</a> confidence before his reunion with <a href="Commentators:R. Shemue ...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 para37 KB (5,471 words) - 11:07, 28 January 2023
- ...emot and Devarim" data-aht="page">Decalogue Differences Between Shemot and Devarim</a> confidence before his reunion with <a href="Commentators:R. Shemue ...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 para37 KB (5,476 words) - 11:48, 28 January 2023
- ...">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 ...of such a usage he points to <a href="Iyyov4-2" data-aht="source">Iyyov 4:2</a>, "הֲנִסָּה דָבָר אֵלֶיךָ תִּלְאֶה", and <a57 KB (8,467 words) - 12:03, 28 January 2023
- <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$$e1">127 KB (11,622 words) - 07:23, 17 November 2020
- <h1>Tenses in Tanakh</h1> <source xmlid="Bereshit1-29" book="English Bereshit" ref="1,29" mgtype="Tanakh" url="Bereshit/1.29$$e1">210 KB (17,551 words) - 10:01, 4 November 2023
