Derasha 43 on Shemos 2:6

Parashas Shemos · Passuk 2:6

The Complete Passuk

וַתִּפְתַּח֙ וַתִּרְאֵ֣הוּ אֶת־הַיֶּ֔לֶד וְהִנֵּה־נַ֖עַר בֹּכֶ֑ה וַתַּחְמֹ֣ל עָלָ֔יו וַתֹּ֕אמֶר מִיַּלְדֵ֥י הָֽעִבְרִ֖ים זֶֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 12b (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 2:6

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — Sotah 12b
״וְהִנֵּה נַעַר בֹּכֶה״. קָרֵי לֵיהּ ״יֶלֶד״, וְקָרֵי לֵיהּ ״נַעַר״. תָּנָא: הוּא יֶלֶד וְקוֹלוֹ כְּנַעַר, דִּבְרֵי רַבִּי יְהוּדָה. אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי נְחֶמְיָה: אִם כֵּן, עֲשִׂיתוֹ לְמֹשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ בַּעַל מוּם.

English: “A youth crying” — it calls him a child and it calls him a youth; this teaches that his mother made for him a bridal canopy of youths in the ark.

In context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Custom

What Is Learned

The shift from yeled to na’ar is read as Yocheved’s anticipatory bridal canopy for her son.