The Torah spoke in the language of the common people

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The Torah spoke in the language of the common people

The Torah spoke in the language of the common people

The Torah at times employs exaggerated or hyperbolic language.

("‘Pour the continual offering into a golden cup,’ Rava said: exaggeration. Rabbi Immi said: The Torah spoke in the language of the common people; the prophets spoke in the language of the common people; the sages spoke in the language of the common people... The Torah spoke in the language of the common people (Deuteronomy 1): great cities and fortified places in the heavens. The prophets spoke in the language of the common people (1 Kings 1) and the earth was split at their voice (the earth was split at their voice). Rabbi Yitzchak bar Nachmani said in the name of Shmuel: In three places the sages spoke in the language of the common people, these are: apple, vine, and blanket. Apple — this is what they said; vine — it is taught: a vine of gold was standing at the entrance of the Temple." - Chullin 90b)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

דִּבְּרָה תּוֹרָה לְשׁוֹן הָוָאי

Definition (Hebrew)

הַתּוֹרָה לְעִתִּים נוֹקֶטֶת בְּשָׂפָה עַל דֶּרֶךְ הַהַפְרָזָה אוֹ הַגֻּזְמָה.

("הִשְׁקוּ אֶת הַתָּמִיד בְּכוֹס שֶׁל זָהָב, אָמַר רָבָא: גֻּזְמָא. אָמַר רַבִּי אִמִּי: דִּבְּרָה תּוֹרָה לְשׁוֹן הֲוַאי, דִּבְּרוּ נְבִיאִים לְשׁוֹן הֲוַאי, דִּבְּרוּ חֲכָמִים לְשׁוֹן הֲוַאי...דִּבְּרָה תּוֹרָה לְשׁוֹן הֲוַאי (דְּבָרִים א'): עָרִים גְּדוֹלוֹת וּבְצוּרוֹת בַּשָּׁמַיִם. דִּבְּרוּ נְבִיאִים לְשׁוֹן הֲוַאי (מְלָכִים א א) וְתִבְקַע הָאָרֶץ לְקוֹלָם (וַתִּבָּקַע הָאָרֶץ בְּקוֹלָם). אָמַר ר' יִצְחָק בַּר נַחְמָנִי אָמַר שְׁמוּאֵל, בִּשְׁלֹשָׁה מְקוֹמוֹת דִּבְּרוּ חֲכָמִים לְשׁוֹן הֲוַאי, אֵלּוּ הֵן: תַּפּוּחַ גֶּפֶן וּפָרֹכֶת. תַּפּוּחַ- הָא דְּאָמְרַן, גֶּפֶן- דִּתְנַן: גֶּפֶן שֶׁל זָהָב הָיְתָה עוֹמֶדֶת עַל פִּתְחוֹ שֶׁל הֵיכָל"- חֻלִּין צ ע"ב)

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