Derasha 1 on Vaeira 6:2

Parashas Vaeira · Passuk 6:2

The Complete Passuk

וַיְדַבֵּ֥ר אֱלֹהִ֖ים אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אֵלָ֖יו אֲנִ֥י יְהֹוָֽה׃

Chabad.org — English translation + Rashi

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Yerushalmi Berachos 2:6 (verified).

Sefaria — Exodus 6:2

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text — verified classical source
אָמַר רַבִּי שְׁמוּאֵל בַּר נַחְמָנִי אָמַר רַבִּי יוֹנָתָן: כׇּל מָקוֹם שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר לְשׁוֹן דִּבּוּר — חִדּוּשׁ מִקְרָא יֵשׁ שָׁם.

English: Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said in the name of Rabbi Yonatan: wherever Scripture uses the language of “speech” (dibbur), there is a particular textual innovation or special point being conveyed.

On the daf / in context: See the cited source for the full section.

Type of Learning

Linguistic exegesis of the Torah’s use of “dibbur”

What Is Learned

Chazal treat the opening “וידבר אלהים” as deliberately significant rather than ordinary narrative wording.