Shemos 2:6 · unit 2 — a youth crying

Parashas Shemos

The Complete Passuk

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

When she opened it, she saw that it was a child, a boy crying. She took pity on it and said, “This must be a Hebrew child.”

Chabad.org — 2:6

Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sotah 12b (verified).

Sefaria — Sotah

Core Text of Chazal

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.