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Parables

A story first, then what it means.

The Sages’ parables, each with its explanation: the mashal and the nimshal, word for word.
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Word for word, with each translator named. Texts from Sefaria.

Zohar and Kabbalah546 / 649

Said R. Jose: ‘Moses would certainly have been punished for the boldness of his language had he not been “steward of the household” and man of God. He was like a man who had married the king’s daughter, and having some contention with her, spoke harshly to her. She was about to answer him, when her father, the king, appeared. Seeing him, she stopped and he took up the word. He said to the husband: “Knowest thou not that I am the king, and the harsh words thou speakest against my daughter, thou speakest as it were against me?”

וְאָמַר רִבִּי יוֹסֵי, מֹשֶׁה, אִלְמָלֵא דְּהֲוָה מָארֵיהּ דְּבֵיתָא, אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים, אִתְעַנָּשׁ עַל מַה דְּאָמַר, אֲבָל בְּגִינִי הַאי, לָא אִתְעַנָּשׁ. לְבַר נָשׁ דְּנָפַל לֵיהּ קְטָטָה בִּדְבִיתְהוּ, וְאָמַר לָהּ מִלִּין, שָׁרַאת הִיא לְאִתְרַעֲמָא, כֵּיוָן דְּשָׁארִית מִלָּה, הֲוָה תַּמָּן מַלְכָּא, נָטַל מַלְכָּא מִלָּה, וְהִיא שַׁתְקַת וּפַסְקַת לְמַלְּלָא. אָמַר לֵיהּ מַלְכָּא, וְכִי לָא יָדַעְתְּ דַּאֲנָא הוּא מַלְכָּא, וּמִקָּמָאי מַלִּילַת מִלִּין אִלֵּין, כִּבְיָכוֹל אוּף הָכִי מֹשֶׁה, וַיָּשָׁב מֹשֶׁה אֶל יְיָ' וַיֹּאמַר אֲדֹנָי לָמָה הֲרֵעוֹתָה וְגוֹ'. מִיָּד, וַיְדַבֵּר אֱלֹהִים אֶל מֹשֶׁה, שָׁארֵי לְאִתְרָעֲמָא, מִיָּד נָטַל מַלְכָּא מִלָּה וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֲנִי יְיָ' וְלָא יָדַעְתּ דַּאֲנָא הוּא מַלְכָּא, וּמִקָּמַאי מַלִּילַת מִלִּין אִלֵּין.

Zohar, Vaera 1:12 · The Zohar; London, Soncino Press, 1933

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