For anyone proficient in Biblical Hebrew

[Jedster]

Re: the emboldened in Exodus 2:2

"The woman conceived and bore a son, and [when] she saw him that he was good, she hid him for three months. ב וַתַּ֥הַר הָֽאִשָּׁ֖ה וַתֵּ֣לֶד בֵּ֑ן וַתֵּ֤רֶא אֹתוֹ֙ כִּי־ט֣וֹב ה֔וּא וַתִּצְפְּנֵ֖הוּ שְׁלשָׁ֥ה יְרָח"

What does the כִּי mean in this context?

 

[rosends]

The standard understanding is "that" -- she say "that he was good." cf אֲרֵי in the Aramaic.

Check the dictionaries here
Exodus 2:2

and the commentaries which cite other, similar uses (like Gen 1:4 and 6:2).

 

[Jedster]

The standard understanding is "that" -- she say "that he was good." cf אֲרֵי in the Aramaic.

Check the dictionaries here
Exodus 2:2

and the commentaries which cite other, similar uses (like Gen 1:4 and 6:2).

Thanks for replying.
From the link you gave, it reads
"The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months."

Certainly 'beautiful' is not in the Hebrew and I have seen various translations which convey similar meanings.

I only ask because a Christian friend showed me various translations and was confused by their differences.

I know the words כִּי and ט֣וֹב, but have never seen them combined, so I assumed that the phrase was a way of saying that Moses is special.
{I looked up Rashi who says: that he was good: When he was born, the entire house was filled with light. [From Sotah 12a, Exod. Rabbah 1:20]}

I have another question, does the word אָֽנֹכִ֨י (I am) appear anywhere else in Torah apart from being the first word in the 10 commandments.?

Thanks.

 

[rosends]

Thanks for replying.
From the link you gave, it reads
"The woman conceived and bore a son; and when she saw how beautiful he was, she hid him for three months."

Certainly 'beautiful' is not in the Hebrew and I have seen various translations which convey similar meanings.

I only ask because a Christian friend showed me various translations and was confused by their differences.

I know the words כִּי and ט֣וֹב, but have never seen them combined, so I assumed that the phrase was a way of saying that Moses is special.
{I looked up Rashi who says: that he was good: When he was born, the entire house was filled with light. [From Sotah 12a, Exod. Rabbah 1:20]}

I have another question, does the word אָֽנֹכִ֨י (I am) appear anywhere else in Torah apart from being the first word in the 10 commandments.?

Thanks.

The "beautiful" comes from an interpretation of "tov." The Sforno writes, "
The word טוב may be understood as meaning the same as “handsome, beautiful,” the same meaning as in Genesis 6,2 כי טובות הנה, “that they were beautiful.” The word describes something unusually handsome, beautiful. Yocheved thought that this was an omen, a sign from the Creator, telling her that a beautiful exterior encloses an equally beautiful personality." But other commentators have different explanations for "tov" here. For example, the Ramban writes, "the meaning of this goodliness is that she saw in him some unique quality which, in her opinion, foreshadowed that a miracle would happen to him and he would be saved." The Bechor Shor means that "tov" indicates that the infant was fully formed and viable.

 

[dybmh]

I have another question, does the word אָֽנֹכִ֨י (I am) appear anywhere else in Torah apart from being the first word in the 10 commandments.?

Yes, if you're interested in God saying it, it looks like there's an early occurence in Gen 26:24 and basically the same thing in Exo 3:6. However, the Mt. Sinai event seems to be unique in that it appears to be the only time it is "anochi four-letter-name" directly spoken and not through a prophet. There is exo 4:11, but I think it's a little different.

 

[Jedster]

Yes, if you're interested in God saying it, it looks like there's an early occurence in Gen 26:24 and basically the same thing in Exo 3:6.

Well, it appears numerous times(see אָֽנֹכִ֨י | Sefaria Search) (@rosends introduce me to Sifaria).

I wanted to know if אָֽנֹכִ֨י, is only ever used in reference to God speaking in the first person. It appears so.

 

[rosends]

Gen 30:2 has Ya'akov using it in first person about himself. There are a variety of other people who use in reference to themselves.

 

[Jedster]

Gen 30:2 has Ya'akov using it in first person about himself. There are a variety of other people who use in reference to themselves.

So, is there a difference with אֲנִי?

 

[rosends]

So, is there a difference with אֲנִי?

Here is some discussion of that
Difference between אֲנִי and אָנֹכִי

 

[Jedster]

Here is some discussion of that
Difference between אֲנִי and אָנֹכִי

Thanks for the link. It answers my question.