Vayechi 49:7 · unit 1

Parashas Vayechi · Passuk 49:7

The Complete Passuk

אָר֤וּר אַפָּם֙ כִּ֣י עָ֔ז וְעֶבְרָתָ֖ם כִּ֣י קָשָׁ֑תָה אֲחַלְּקֵ֣ם בְּיַעֲקֹ֔ב וַאֲפִיצֵ֖ם בְּיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel; I will divide them in Yaakov, and scatter them in Yisrael.

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yoma / related beraisa on ambiguous verses (and parallel discussions of verses without fixed parsing).

Sefaria — Yoma 52a (context of unresolved verses)

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
תַּנְיָא, אִיסִי בֶּן יְהוּדָה אוֹמֵר: זֶה אֶחָד מִן הַמִּקְרָאוֹת שֶׁאֵין לָהֶם הֶכְרֵעַ.

English: It was taught: Isi ben Yehudah says: This is one of the verses that have no fixed determination (of how the words are to be joined).

On the daf / in context: Certain verses can be parsed in more than one way; the present verse is listed among those whose syntactic attachment is left open.

Type of Learning

Classification of ambiguous verses — the beraisa of Isi ben Yehudah.

What Is Learned

The verse “Cursed be their anger\ldots” is one of the verses whose precise syntactic attachment remains unresolved.