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| Feb 18, 2014 at 17:11 | history | edited | Eliyahu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 10, 2014 at 0:05 | comment | added | J. C. Salomon | See R' S. R. Hirsch on the meaning of שבע, and why the word is used for “seven” and “oath”; he relates this homonym to the word אלה, which also means “oath” but is more obviously related to אל, “God”. To Rav Hirsch, your first example is symbolism, not a pun. | |
| Feb 9, 2014 at 17:23 | history | answered | Eliyahu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |