Haazinu 32:6

Parashas Haazinu · Passuk from filename

The Complete Passuk

הֲלַיהֹוָה תִּגְמְלוּ זֹאת עַם נָבָל וְלֹא חָכָם...

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Source Citation

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Core Text of Chazal

Core Text
אָמַר רַבִּי יְהוֹשֻׁעַ בְּרַבִּי חֲנַנְאֵל, צָרִיךְ לִכְתֹּב ה' לְמַטָּה מֵאַרְכֻּבָּתוֹ שֶׁל לָמֶ״ד דְּהַלַיהֹוָה תִּגְמְלוּ זֹאת – הָא לַיהֹוָה תִּגְמְלוּ זֹאת

English: Rabbi Yehoshua son of Rabbi Chananel said: One must write the heh below the “knee” of the lamed of “ha-laHashem tigmelu zot,” so that it is read as “Ha, laHashem tigmelu zot” — “Alas, is this how you repay Hashem?”

The classical source expands or derives a specific point from the language of the passuk. The Core Text above is the relevant region of interest.

Type of Learning

Custom (A masoretic and scribal diyuk that turns the large heh into an expression of lament.)

What Is Learned

The enlarged heh is positioned so that the phrase can be heard as a cry of astonishment and grief: “Ha!” — is this the recompense you give to Hashem? The form of the letter itself participates in the rebuke.