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    Sources of the sage

    Every source cited by Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II]

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    Tanakh

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    • Song of Songs רבה

      שיר השירים רבה

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites Song of Songs רבה. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.

    • II Kings ד:ט

      מלכים ב ד, ט

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites II Kings ד:ט. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.

      English translation
      Once she said to her husband, “I am sure it is a holy agent of God who comes this way regularly.

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      Original text · מלכים ב ד, ט
      וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֶל־אִישָׁ֔הּ הִנֵּה־נָ֣א יָדַ֔עְתִּי כִּ֛י אִ֥ישׁ אֱלֹהִ֖ים קָד֣וֹשׁ ה֑וּא עֹבֵ֥ר עָלֵ֖ינוּ תָּמִֽיד׃

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    • Psalms תהילים קל:א

      תהלים תהילים קל, א

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites Psalms תהילים קל:א. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.

    • Psalms קב:א

      תהלים קב, א

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites Psalms קב:א. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.

      English translation
      A prayer of one who is lowly and faint, pouring forth a plea before G OD .

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      Original text · תהלים קב, א
      תְּ֭פִלָּה לְעָנִ֣י כִֽי־יַעֲטֹ֑ף וְלִפְנֵ֥י יְ֝הֹוָ֗ה יִשְׁפֹּ֥ךְ שִׂיחֽוֹ׃

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    • Ezekiel א:ז

      יחזקאל א, ז

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites Ezekiel א:ז. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.

      English translation
      the legs of each were [fused into] a single rigid leg, and the feet of each were like a single calf’s hoof; and their sparkle was like the luster of burnished bronze.

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      Original text · יחזקאל א, ז
      וְרַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם רֶ֣גֶל יְשָׁרָ֑ה וְכַ֣ף רַגְלֵיהֶ֗ם כְּכַף֙ רֶ֣גֶל עֵ֔גֶל וְנֹ֣צְצִ֔ים כְּעֵ֖ין נְחֹ֥שֶׁת קָלָֽל׃

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    • Leviticus יט:כו

      ויקרא יט, כו

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites Leviticus יט:כו. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.

      English translation
      You shall not eat anything with its blood. You shall not practice divination or soothsaying.

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      Original text · ויקרא יט, כו
      לֹ֥א תֹאכְל֖וּ עַל־הַדָּ֑ם לֹ֥א תְנַחֲשׁ֖וּ וְלֹ֥א תְעוֹנֵֽנוּ׃

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    • I Kings יד:ט

      מלכים א יד, ט

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites I Kings יד:ט. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.

      English translation
      You have acted worse than all those who preceded you; you have gone and made for yourself other gods and molten images to provoke My anger; and Me you have cast behind your back.

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      Original text · מלכים א יד, ט
      וַתָּ֣רַע לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת מִכֹּ֖ל אֲשֶׁר־הָי֣וּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וַתֵּ֡לֶךְ וַתַּֽעֲשֶׂה־לְּךָ֩ אֱלֹהִ֨ים אֲחֵרִ֤ים וּמַסֵּכוֹת֙ לְהַכְעִיסֵ֔נִי וְאֹתִ֥י הִשְׁלַ֖כְתָּ אַחֲרֵ֥י גַוֶּֽךָ׃

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    Other work

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    • אבות ד, יא. רע"ב ועיקר תוי"ט

      Summary: Rabbi Eliezer ben Yaakov [II] cites אבות ד, יא. רע"ב ועיקר תוי"ט. Read the exact wording below with its English translation, then open the passage in our own reader.