To do a thing immediately/ no sooner said than done/ to do something even before being asked

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To do a thing immediately/ no sooner said than done/ to do something even before being asked

To do a thing immediately/ no sooner said than done/ to do something even before being asked

By metaphor: to do and command immediately before clarifying the reason. To act without asking questions and without objections (its original source is in Exodus 24:7: "And he took the Book of the Covenant and read in the hearing of the people; and they said: All that the LORD has spoken we will do, and we will hear").

("Why did Israel become a tree? It was said to you: What is this tree that blooms? Its fruit is before its time. Israel, we have become a tree that is heard... Rav Shimei preached: At the hour when Israel became a tree that was heard, thirty thousand of the kings of the service came, one from Israel, and they tied two crowns to it, one against the other. "We will do it" and one as opposed to "we will hear" - Masachet Shebat Paha a"a, and so: "This is Israel, who is the one who speaks with mighty men of power, who performs his word to be heard with the voice of his word (Tehillim 1020), who preceded him to be heard" - Midrash Tanchuma (Buber) Parashah and read Simeon a)

Translation

Expression (Hebrew)

הִקְדִּים נַעֲשֶׂה לְנִשְׁמַע, הִקְדִּים עֲשִׂיָּה לִשְׁמִיעָה

Definition (Hebrew)

בְּהַשְׁאָלָה: עֲשֵׂה וְצַיֵּת מִיָּדִית לִפְנֵי שֶׁבֵּרֵר אֶת הַסִּבָּה. בִּצֵּעַ לְלֹא שְׁאִילַת שְׁאֵלוֹת וּלְלֹא עוֹרְרִין (מְקוֹרוֹ הָרִאשׁוֹנִי שֶׁל הַבִּטּוּי בִּשְׁמוֹת כַּד ז:"וַיִּקַּח סֵפֶר הַבְּרִית וַיִּקְרָא בְּאָזְנֵי הָעָם וַיֹּאמְרוּ: כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה וְנִשְׁמָע").

("לָמָּה נִמְשְׁלוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְתַפּוּחַ- לוֹמַר לְךָ: מָה תַּפּוּחַ זֶה פִּרְיוֹ קֹדֶם לְעָלָיו, אַף יִשְׂרָאֵל- הִקְדִּימוּ נַעֲשָׂה לְנִשְׁמָע...דָּרַשׁ רַב סִימַאי: בְּשָׁעָה שֶׁהִקְדִּימוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל "נַעֲשָׂה" לְ"נִשְׁמָע" בָּאוּ שִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא שֶׁל מַלְכֵי הַשָּׁרֵת לְכָל אֶחָד וְאֶחָד מִיִּשְׂרָאֵל וְקָשְׁרוּ לוֹ שְׁנֵי כְּתָרִים, אֶחָד כְּנֶגֶד "נַעֲשֶׂה" וְאֶחָד כְּנֶגֶד "נִשְׁמָע"- מַסֶּכֶת שַׁבָּת פַּח ע"א, וְכֵן:"אֵלּוּ יִשְׂרָאֵל, שֶׁהוּא אוֹמֵר גִּבֹּרֵי כֹחַ עֹשֵׂי דְבָרוֹ לִשְׁמֹעַ בְּקוֹל דְּבָרוֹ (תְּהִלִּים קג כ), שֶׁהִקְדִּימוֹ עֲשִׂיָּה לִשְׁמִיעָה"- מִדְרַשׁ תַּנְחוּמָא (בּוּבֶּר) פָּרָשַׁת וַיִּקְרָא סִימָן א)

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