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Parachat Vaera
Aliya 1
Moïse redit ces paroles aux enfants d’Israël mais ils ne l’écoutèrent point, ayant l’esprit oppressé par une dure servitude.
Mais Moïse s’exprima ainsi devant l’Éternel: "Quoi! les enfants d’Israël ne m’ont pas écouté et Pharaon m’écouterait, moi qui ai la parole embarrassée!"
Aliya 2
Aliya 3
Et Moïse avait dit devant l’Éternel: "Certes, j’ai la parole embarrassée, comment donc Pharaon m’écouterait-il? "
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Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr] · Licence: Public Domain · Source
Exode 6:12 dans toutes les traductions
English · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009
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.”
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English · The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
And Moses spoke before the L-rd, saying: If the children of Israel did not heed me, how should Pharaoh heed me! And I am of uncircumcised [i.e., occluded] lips.
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עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֤ן בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְאֵיךְ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣נִי פַרְעֹ֔ה וַאֲנִ֖י עֲרַ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽיִם׃ {פ}
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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)
And Moses spoke before the LORD, saying: ‘Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?’
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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra
וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר מֹשֶׁ֔ה לִפְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר הֵ֤ן בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ לֹֽא־שָׁמְע֣וּ אֵלַ֔י וְאֵיךְ֙ יִשְׁמָעֵ֣נִי פַרְעֹ֔ה וַאֲנִ֖י עֲרַ֥ל שְׂפָתָֽיִם׃ (פ)
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עברית · Tanach with Text Only
וידבר משה לפני יהוה לאמר הן בני ישראל לא שמעו אלי ואיך ישמעני פרעה ואני ערל שפתים
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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה לִפְנֵי יְהוָה לֵאמֹר הֵן בְּנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל לֹא־שָׁמְעוּ אֵלַי וְאֵיךְ יִשְׁמָעֵנִי פַרְעֹה וַאֲנִי עֲרַל שְׂפָתָיִם׃
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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]
האָט משה גערעדט פֿאַר גאָט, אַזױ צו זאָגן: זע, די קינדער פֿון ישׂראל האָבן ניט צוגעהערט צו מיר, הײַנט װי װעט פַּרעה מיך צוהערן, אַז איך האָב פֿאַרשטאָפּטע ליפּן?
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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]
Mais Moïse s’exprima ainsi devant l’Éternel: "Quoi! les enfants d’Israël ne m’ont pas écouté et Pharaon m’écouterait, moi qui ai la parole embarrassée!"
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Italiano · Il Pentateuco. Traduzione italiana di Samuel David Luzzatto, 1872 [it]
E Mosè parlò innanzi al Signore, con dire: Ecco i figli d’Israel non m’ascoltarono, e come m’ascolterà Faraone? mentre io ho le labbra impedite [poco sciolte].
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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]
I rzekł Mojżesz przed Wiekuistym, mówiąc: "Oto synowie Israela nie słuchają mnie, a jakże usłucha mnie Faraon? A jam zająkliwych ust!"
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Deutsch · Die Heilige Schrift, trans. Dr. Simon Bernfeld, Berlin, 1902 - German [de]
Da redete Mose vor dem Herrn mit den Worten: Siehe, die Kinder Israel hören nicht auf mich, und wie wird Pharao mich hören, zumal ich ungeschickt im Reden bin?
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Deutsch · Der Pentateuch, übersetzt und erläutert von Samson Raphael Hirsch. Frankfurt am Main, 1867-1878 [de]
Da sprach Mosche vor Gott: Siehe, Jisraels Söhne haben nicht auf mich gehört, wie wird mich Pharao anhören, ich bin ja ungefügiger Lippe!
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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]
Moseo ekparolis antaŭ la Eternulo, dirante: Jen la Izraelidoj ne aŭskultas min, kiel do min aŭskultos Faraono? kaj mi havas nelertajn lipojn.
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Commentaires sur Exode 6:12
Rashi
עברית
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:
ואיך ישמעני פרעה. זה אחד מעשרה ק"ו שבתורה (ב"ר צב, ז):
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Targum Jonathan
English
And Mosheh said before the Lord, Behold, the sons of Israel do not hearken to me; how then will Pharoh hearken to me, and I a man difficult of speech?
The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862 · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ibn Ezra
עברית
וידבר וגו' הן בני ישראל. שהם עמך לא שמעו אלי. ואיך ישמעני פרעה. שהוא מלך ואינו מעמך. ועוד כי מגרעת גדולה היא שאדבר לפניו ואני ערל שפתים. כי בפעם הראשונה הבטחתני שתורה את פי שלא אבטא באות שהוא כבד עלי אולי תכשל לשוני לפניו. ואתה אמרת כי אהרן יהי' מליץ ביני ובין ישראל:
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Ramban (Nachmanides)
English
BEHOLD, THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL HAVE NOT HEARKENED UNTO ME because You have done nothing [for Israel] so that my words should be acceptable to them. AND HOW THEN SHALL PHARAOH HEAR ME? AND besides, I AM OF UNCIRCUMCISED LIPS, and I am not fit to speak before a great king.
It is possible to explain that Moses thought that due to his deficiency — for he was of uncircumcised lips — the children of Israel would not hearken to him, for he could not frame [words] to speak kindly to them, words of good cheer and comfort, and all the more how could he speak to Pharaoh?
Now the reason that Moses again broached this argument [of his speech-impediment, when he had already mentioned it above in Chapter 4, Verse 10], is that G-d did not originally command him that he was to speak before Pharaoh. He merely said, And thou shalt come, thou and the elders of Israel, unto the king of Egypt, and ye shall say unto him. In that case it was possible that the elders should speak [before Pharaoh] and Moses would remain silent. Then Moses said that he was ashamed even to speak to the people, saying, I am not a man of words., 4:10. Whereupon the Holy One, blessed be He, answered him, And he [Aaron] shall be thy spokesman unto the people., Verse 16. And so indeed Moses and Aaron did when they first came to the people, as it is said, And Aaron spoke all the words which the Eternal had spoken unto Moses, and did the signs in the sight of the people., Verse 30. But now Moses himself was commanded, Wherefore say unto the children of Israel: I am the Eternal, and he did speak to them as He commanded him, but they did not hearken to him. Now when He again commanded Moses to speak to Pharaoh, Moses said, “How can I speak to him, I who am of uncircumcised lips.” Then the Holy One, blessed be He, associated Aaron with him, and gave both of them a charge unto the children of Israel, that they should say to them whatever He will command them, and unto Pharaoh to bring them forth out of his land. Now Rashi commented: “[And He gave them a charge unto the children of Israel, and unto Pharaoh, king of Egypt]. That is to say, He gave them a command with regard to the children of Israel and His mission on which He had sent them to Pharaoh.” But there is no need for this.
Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976 · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Sforno
English
הן בני ישראל לא שמעו אלי, he believed that this was due to the fact that from the moment he had started speaking to Pharaoh the latter had become worse in his attitude and the people, putting two and two together, had concluded that his mission had failed. If he felt that way, Pharaoh would certainly not pay any heed to him and continue doing what he liked.
This was especially so, seeing that he was also an ערל שפתים, afflicted with a speech handicap. He mentioned this as he did not believe that Aaron would accompany him other than for the time he identified himself as G’d’s emissary when he spoke to the people.
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Da'at Zekenim
English
הן בני ישראל לא שמעו אלי, “seeing that(even) the Children of Israel do not listen to me, etc.” According to the plain meaning of the text what Moses is saying is that the people do not listen to him, so what chance is there that Pharaoh would listen to him. In the event that one would excuse their failure to listen to him to their state of mind, i.e. they did not have a chance to indulge in day dreams, he adds that he attributes their failure to listen to him to his speech impediment, and therefore does not blame them. Alternately, perhaps Moses was not aware of the Torah having told us, the reader, that the reason why the people did not listen to him was their state of mind, i.e. impatience. I have heard from my teacher a Rabbi from Lisbon, that what Rashi meant when describing Moses’ logic here as unassailable, that the reason given as their state of mind, was an additional reason. His logic went as follows. Normally, when a potential redeemer promises his people that he has come to redeem them from slavery, they will be overjoyed. Seeing that the Israelites’ reaction to his message had been so negative, how much more negative would Pharaoh’s response be to their demanding a holiday!
Daat Zekenim translated by Rb. Eliyahu Munk · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria