Hashem, your G-d, hirbah eschem/has multiplied you…[2] Sifrei picks up on the different connotations of hirbah, whose root meaning is many, much. Sifrei senses the idea of promotion, i.e. making something greater: “He promoted you over your own judges.” It points to Shlomo’s cry, “Who can judge Your great nation?,”[3] which Sifrei takes to mean, […]
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