Tanach
Shemot 6:10-12 שמות ו׳:י׳-י״ב
Part of: VaeraVaera, Aliyah 1Chapter 6
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וַיְדַבֵּר יְהֹוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה לֵּאמֹֽר׃
Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying,
Adonoy spoke to Moshe saying,
בֹּא דַבֵּר אֶל־פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם וִֽישַׁלַּח אֶת־בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאַרְצֽוֹ׃
“Come, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he send the B’nei Yisrael out of his land.”
“Come, speak to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, that he send the B’nei Yisrael out of his land.”
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי יְהֹוָה לֵאמֹר הֵן בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹֽא־שָׁמְעוּ אֵלַי וְאֵיךְ יִשְׁמָעֵנִי פַרְעֹה וַאֲנִי עֲרַל שְׂפָתָֽיִם׃ {פ}
Moshe spoke before Adonoy, saying, “Behold the B’nei Yisrael have not listened to me, how then will Pharaoh listen to me—I whose lips are covered.”
Moshe spoke before Adonoy, saying, “Behold the B’nei Yisrael have not listened to me, how then will Pharaoh listen to me—I whose lips are covered.”
Rashi
ואיך ישמעני פרעה. זה אחד מעשרה ק"ו שבתורה (ב"ר צב, ז):
[Whose] lips are covered. [Literally,] obstructed regarding the lips. Similarly, wherever a term [derived from] עָרְלָה [appears] I say that it means obstructed [as in:] “Their ear is עֲרֵלָה,” [meaning:] obstructed from hearing. [or:] “עַרְלֵי of heart” [meaning:] obstructed of understanding, [or:] “You drink and וְהֵעָרֵל” [meaning:] and become obstructed [of understanding] from intoxication caused by the cup of curse. The foreskin of the flesh [is so called] because the member is obstructed and covered by it. וַעֲרַלְתֶּם עָרְלָתוֹ [means:] make for it (the fruit) an obstruction and cover — a prohibition that will prevent its being eaten. “For three years they shall be עֲרֵלִים to you” [עֲרֵלִים meaning:] obstructed and covered and barred from eating.
ערל שפתים. אטום שפתים, וכן כל לשון ערלה אני אומר שהוא אטום. עֲרֵלָה אָזְנָם (שם ו, י), אטומה משמוע. עַרְלֵי לֵב (שם ט, כה), אטומים מהבין. שְׁתֵה גַּם אַתָּה וְהֵעָרֵל (חבקוק ב, טז), והאטם משכרות כוס הקללה (נ"א התרעלה). וְעֶרֶל בָּשָׁר (יחזקאל מד, ט) שהגיד אטום ומכוסה בה. וַעֲרַלְתֶּם עָרְלָתֹו (ויקרא יט, כג), עשו לו אוטם וכיסוי, איסור שיבדיל בפני אכילתו. שָׁלשׁ שָׁנִים יִהְיֶה לָכֶם עֲרֵלִים (שם), אטום ומכוסה ומובדל מלאכלו:
How then will Pharaoh listen to me. This is one of the ten a fortiori inferences in the Torah.