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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? "
Miqra according to the Masorah · Licence: CC BY-SA · Source
Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr] · Licence: Public Domain · Source
Exode 6:9 dans toutes les traductions
English · Metsudah Chumash, Metsudah Publications, 2009
Moshe spoke [these words] to the B’nei Yisrael, but they would not listen to Moshe because of [their] shortness of wind and hard labor.
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English · The Rashi chumash by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein
And Moses spoke thus to the children of Israel and they did not hearken to Moses [i.e., they were not comforted by him], for shortness of breath [in anguish] and soreness of toil.
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עברית · Miqra according to the Masorah
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֛ה כֵּ֖ן אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִקֹּ֣צֶר ר֔וּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָ֖ה קָשָֽׁה׃ {פ}
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English · The Holy Scriptures: A New Translation (JPS 1917)
And Moses spoke so unto the children of Israel; but they hearkened not unto Moses for impatience of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
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עברית · Tanach with Ta'amei Hamikra
וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר מֹשֶׁ֛ה כֵּ֖ן אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְלֹ֤א שָֽׁמְעוּ֙ אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה מִקֹּ֣צֶר ר֔וּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָ֖ה קָשָֽׁה׃ (פ)
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עברית · Tanach with Text Only
וידבר משה כן אל בני ישראל ולא שמעו אל משה מקצר רוח ומעבדה קשה
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עברית · Tanach with Nikkud
וַיְדַבֵּר מֹשֶׁה כֵּן אֶל־בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ אֶל־מֹשֶׁה מִקֹּצֶר רוּחַ וּמֵעֲבֹדָה קָשָׁה׃
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ייִדיש · Yehoyesh's Yiddish Tanakh Translation [yi]
האָט משה אַזױ גערעדט צו די קינדער פֿון ישׂראל, אָבער זײ האָבן ניט צוגעהערט צו משהן פֿון קורץ געמיט און פֿון שװערער אַרבעט.
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Français · Bible du Rabbinat 1899 [fr]
Moïse redit ces paroles aux enfants d’Israël mais ils ne l’écoutèrent point, ayant l’esprit oppressé par une dure servitude.
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Italiano · Il Pentateuco. Traduzione italiana di Samuel David Luzzatto, 1872 [it]
Mosè parlò così ai figli d’Israel; ma essi non prestarono ascolto a Mosè, per l’ambascia in cui erano, e per la dura schiavitù.
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Polski · Bible in Polish, trans. Izaak Cylkow, 1841 - 1908 [pl]
I mówił tak Mojżesz do synów Israela: ale nie słuchali Mojżesza dla niemocy ducha i dla pracy ciężkiej.
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Deutsch · Die Heilige Schrift, trans. Dr. Simon Bernfeld, Berlin, 1902 - German [de]
Mose redete also zu den Kindern Israel; aber sie hörten nicht auf Mose vor Kleinmut und vor schwerer Arbeit.
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Deutsch · Der Pentateuch, übersetzt und erläutert von Samson Raphael Hirsch. Frankfurt am Main, 1867-1878 [de]
Mosche sprach also zu Jisraels Söhnen, sie hörten aber nicht auf Mosche, vor Geisteskürze und vor hartem Dienst.
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Esperanto · La Malnova Testamento, L.L.Zamenhof [eo]
Moseo parolis tiel al la Izraelidoj; sed ili ne aŭskultis Moseon pro malforteco de spirito kaj pro la malfacilaj laboroj.
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Commentaires sur Exode 6:9
Rashi
English
Because of impatience of spirit-- when someone is upset, their spirit and breath are shortened and they cannot breathe deeply. Similarly, I heard this explanation from Rabbi Baruch son of Rabbi Eliezer, and he brought me proof from this verse (Jeremiah 17:21): "At this time I will let them know my power and strength and they will know that my name is the LORD." We learn from this that the Holy One, Blessed be He, fulfills his word-- even when it is for punishment, he announces that his name is "LORD." How much more so when he fulfills his word to do good! And our teachers taught with regard to the above, that when Moses said "Why have you harmed" the Holy One said "Alas for those who have been lost and cannot be found. I must mourn the death of the Patriarchs: many times, I revealed myself to them as 'Almighty God' and they never said 'What is your name?' But you asked 'What is his name that I may tell them?'"
Sefaria Community Translation · Licence: CC0 · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Targum Jonathan
English
And Mosheh spake according to this to the sons of Israel; but they received not from Mosheh, through anxiety of spirit, and from the strange and hard service which was upon their hands.
The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862 · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ibn Ezra
עברית
וידבר. ולא שמעו. ולא הטו אוזן לדבריו כי קצרה רוחם באורך הגלות ובעבודה קשה שהתחדשה עליהם:
On Your Way · Licence: Public Domain · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Ramban (Nachmanides)
English
BUT THEY HEARKENED NOT UNTO MOSES FOR IMPATIENCE OF SPIRIT, AND FOR CRUEL BONDAGE. It was not because they did not believe in G-d and in His prophet [that they hearkened not]. Rather, they paid no attention to his words because of impatience of spirit, as a person whose soul is grieved on account of his misery and who does not want to live another moment in his suffering even though he knows that he will be relieved later. The “impatience of spirit” was their fear that Pharaoh would put them to death, as their officers said to Moses, and the “cruel bondage” was the pressure, for the taskmasters pressed upon them and hurried them [in their daily task],, Verse 13. which gave them no chance to hear anything and consider it.
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
Rashbam
English
ולא שמעו אל משה, now, although initially, they did believe in Moses and his mission. As we know from Exodus 4,31 ויאמן העם, “the people believed,” this was based on their expecting immediate relief from their servitude. Now they had not only not experienced relief, but a worsening of their condition.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria
Sforno
English
ולא שמעו אל משה, to mentally absorb all this, so that they would have full trust in the salvation of G’d and give Him credit for this. This is where they were different from Avraham in his time, who believed implicitly in an impossible-sounding promise, and who gave credit to G’d for making such a promise. This was eventually the reason why this part of G’d’s promise was not fulfilled in the lifetime of the people who were being addressed at this time.
מקצר רוח, for it did not appear believable to their present state of mind, so that their heart could not assimilate such a promise.
ומעבודה קשה, if it had not been for the heavy labour which they had to perform they would have paid much more attention to Moses’ words, and they would have understood that Moses’ arguments made what he said very believable.
Eliyahu Munk, HaChut Hameshulash · Licence: CC-BY · Commentaire complet sur Sefaria