Ki Savo 27:14

Parashas Ki Savo · Passuk from filename

The Complete Passuk

וְעָנ֣וּ הַלְוִיִּ֗ם וְאָ֥מְר֛וּ אֶל־כׇּל־אִ֥ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל ק֥וֹל רָֽם׃

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Source Citation

Torah Temimah points to Sifrei.

Sefaria

Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
קוֹל רָם – בְּקוֹלוֹ שֶׁל רָם, מְלַמֵּד שֶׁשִּׁתֵּף הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא קוֹלוֹ עִמָּהֶם; רַבִּי יִצְחָק אוֹמֵר, הַמְּעֻלֶּה שֶׁבַּקּוֹלוֹת

English: “a loud voice” — with the voice of the Most High, teaching that the Holy One joined His voice with theirs; R’ Yitzchak says: the finest of voices (neither too soft nor too loud).

In Sifrei: The midrash reads successive phrases of the declaration or the curse, assigning each a concrete referent or legal implication drawn from the surrounding narrative or parallel verses.

Type of Learning

Custom (Two diyukim from “kol ram” rather than “kol gadol” — either the divine voice was joined to the Leviim’s, or the voice used was the optimal, moderate one.)

What Is Learned

Chazal teach that the proclamation was made with a specially qualified voice: either accompanied by the divine voice, or chosen as the most suitable pitch so that all could hear clearly.