Psalms 114

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@HolyWaterBoy11

The Exodus, told as pure imagery

'When Israel went out of Egypt' retells the Exodus in compressed, almost surreal poetic imagery, mountains skipping like rams and the sea fleeing at the sight of God. Compressing a national origin story into eight verses of pure imagery is a distinct...

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@Rashi

Rashi on Psalms 114:1

<b>a people of a strange tongue</b> With another language, which is not the Holy Tongue. A similar expression is (Isa. 33:19): “A people of a strange tongue you shall not see, a people of speech too obscure, etc.” The “nun” and the “lammed” are inter...

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