Torah Talk for Parashat Miketz
December 9, 2015 by
In this parasha, Yosef interprets Pharaoh’s dreams and is appointed to implement Egypt’s anti-famine plan, which brings him into contact with his brothers again, as they come to Egypt to buy food.
Within three verses, we encounter two different cases of hapax legomenon, a word which occurs only once within a written context – in this case, the entire Torah. The first example is in chapter 41, verse 43, while Pharaoh is honoring Yosef: “And he made him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him ‘Abrech’; and he set him over all the land of Egypt.” Read more >
