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How is כֹּרֵת בְּרִית interpreted as “make” instead of “cut”?
Parashat Vayikra + ZachorPurim and Shushan PurimMay one make obscene gestures?How holy is Aramaic?How and why is sin passed to one's children?Why was the division between Leviim and Israelim so clear cut when Moses called out for those who were with God?How many Israelites were punished for the golden calf?How did the word Shiur acquire its meaning of lesson?ענה how to definemake atonement - אכפרהThe Golden calf - why wasn't Aharon asked to lead instead of Moses?How did Moses know he'll spend 40 days at the mountain?
וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)
And Targum translates similarly:
"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"
Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?
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וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)
And Targum translates similarly:
"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"
Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?
language parashat-ki-tisa covenant
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– mbloch
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For example in English, you "cut" a check ...
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וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)
And Targum translates similarly:
"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"
Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?
language parashat-ki-tisa covenant
edited 2 days ago
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וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי כֹּרֵת בְּרִית נֶגֶד (Exodus 34:10)
And Targum translates similarly:
"וַאֲמַר הָא אֲנָא גְזַר קְיַם"
Why כֹּרֵת relatively to the covenant end up being interpreted as "making" when it has always been used in the Tanakh in a sense of cutting off?
language parashat-ki-tisa covenant
language parashat-ki-tisa covenant
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Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
2 days ago
For example in English, you "cut" a check ...
– Shalom
2 days ago
I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.
– DonielF
2 days ago
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Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
2 days ago
For example in English, you "cut" a check ...
– Shalom
2 days ago
I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.
– DonielF
2 days ago
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Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
2 days ago
Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
2 days ago
For example in English, you "cut" a check ...
– Shalom
2 days ago
For example in English, you "cut" a check ...
– Shalom
2 days ago
I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.
– DonielF
2 days ago
I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.
– DonielF
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Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.
Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃
I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.
Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.
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And Brit bein habesarim
– Lo ani
2 days ago
You nailed it with the exact quote!
– Al Berko
2 days ago
But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.
– Al Berko
2 days ago
@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself
– Moshe Steinberg
2 days ago
@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?
– Al Berko
2 days ago
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Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.
Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃
I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.
Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.
answered 2 days ago
Joel KJoel K
13.5k22793
And Brit bein habesarim
– Lo ani
2 days ago
You nailed it with the exact quote!
– Al Berko
2 days ago
But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.
– Al Berko
2 days ago
@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself
– Moshe Steinberg
2 days ago
@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?
– Al Berko
2 days ago
|
show 1 more comment
Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.
Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃
I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.
Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.
answered 2 days ago
Joel KJoel K
13.5k22793
And Brit bein habesarim
– Lo ani
2 days ago
You nailed it with the exact quote!
– Al Berko
2 days ago
But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.
– Al Berko
2 days ago
@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself
– Moshe Steinberg
2 days ago
@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?
– Al Berko
2 days ago
|
show 1 more comment
Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.
Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃
I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.
Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.
answered 2 days ago
Joel KJoel K
13.5k22793
Rashi to Genesis 15:10 explains that it was the custom of those making a covenant to split an animal into pieces, and to then pass between the pieces.
Rashi also refers us to Jeremiah 34:18-19 where this practice is explicitly mentioned:
וְנָתַתִּי אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁים הָעֹבְרִים אֶת־בְּרִתִי אֲשֶׁר לֹא־הֵקִימוּ אֶת־דִּבְרֵי הַבְּרִית אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לְפָנָי הָעֵגֶל אֲשֶׁר כָּרְתוּ לִשְׁנַיִם וַיַּעַבְרוּ בֵּין בְּתָרָיו׃
I will make the men who violated My covenant, who did not fulfill the terms of the covenant which they made before Me, [like] the calf which they cut in two so as to pass between the halves.
Thus, idiomatically one talks of “cutting” a covenant, referencing the old practice of cutting up an animal as a way of binding the parties to the covenant.
answered 2 days ago
Joel KJoel K
13.5k22793
edited 2 days ago
answered 2 days ago
Joel KJoel K
13.5k22793
answered 2 days ago
Joel KJoel K
13.5k22793
answered 2 days ago
Joel KJoel K
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And Brit bein habesarim
– Lo ani
2 days ago
You nailed it with the exact quote!
– Al Berko
2 days ago
But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.
– Al Berko
2 days ago
@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself
– Moshe Steinberg
2 days ago
@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?
– Al Berko
2 days ago
|
show 1 more comment
And Brit bein habesarim
– Lo ani
2 days ago
You nailed it with the exact quote!
– Al Berko
2 days ago
But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.
– Al Berko
2 days ago
@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself
– Moshe Steinberg
2 days ago
@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?
– Al Berko
2 days ago
And Brit bein habesarim
– Lo ani
2 days ago
And Brit bein habesarim
– Lo ani
2 days ago
You nailed it with the exact quote!
– Al Berko
2 days ago
You nailed it with the exact quote!
– Al Berko
2 days ago
But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.
– Al Berko
2 days ago
But Interestingly, what's the rationale for this the ancient tradition? Why G-d did it to Avraham - it seems pagan to me.
– Al Berko
2 days ago
@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself
– Moshe Steinberg
2 days ago
@AlBerko they say in the name of the gra on sefer yetzirah that it is to show that in order to properly enter into a bond with another person, you must cut off something from yourself
– Moshe Steinberg
2 days ago
@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?
– Al Berko
2 days ago
@MosheSteinberg A noble idea, and you cut what... fingernails? hair? oh, animals! Does it mean like בל תשחית and you're sorry to waste the meat?
– Al Berko
2 days ago
|
show 1 more comment
2
Welcome to MiYodeya Israel and thanks for this first question. Can I recommend you take the tour to get a sense of how the site works? Great to have you learn with us!
– mbloch
2 days ago
For example in English, you "cut" a check ...
– Shalom
2 days ago
I don’t understand the close votes. Surely this is Hebrew language as pertains to Judaism.
– DonielF
2 days ago