Vayeishev 37:5 · EXTRA

EXTRA · Parashas Vayeishev · Passuk 37:5 · not a Torah Temimah citation on this passuk

The Complete Passuk

וַיַּחֲלֹ֤ם יוֹסֵף֙ חֲל֔וֹם וַיַּגֵּ֖ד לְאֶחָ֑יו וַיּוֹסִ֥פוּ ע֖וֹד שְׂנֹ֥א אֹתֽוֹ׃

Once Joseph had a dream that he told to his brothers; and they hated him even more.

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Source Citation

Classical source (EXTRA side-ring): Bereshis Rabbah 84:10.

Sefaria — Bereshis Rabbah 84:10

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
וַיַּחֲלֹם יוֹסֵף חֲלוֹם וַיֹּאמֶר אֲלֵיהֶם שִׁמְעוּ נָא — אָמַר: כָּךְ יִהְיוּ הַנְּבִיאִים מוֹכִיחִין אֶתְכֶם, ״שִׁמְעוּ נָא אֵת אֲשֶׁר ה׳ אֹמֵר״.

English: “And Yosef dreamed a dream and said to them: Please hear” — he said: Thus will the prophets rebuke you — “Hear, please, what Hashem says.”

In context: The opening “shemu na” of the dream report is linked to the prophetic call to listen.

Type of Learning

Derash on the verse (Bereshis Rabbah) — not a formal named middah of the 13. Dream speech is patterned on later prophetic rebuke.

What Is Learned

Yosef’s “please hear” anticipates the language with which prophets will later call Yisrael to listen.