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42:7 – When Joseph saw his brothers, <\/span>he recognized them, vayakirem<\/i><\/strong>;<\/strong> but he <\/strong><\/span>acted like a stranger toward them vayitnaker<\/i><\/strong>, and spoke harshly to them\u2026<\/span>
\n<\/span>8 – For though Joseph <\/span>recognized vayaker<\/i> <\/strong>his brothers, <\/span>they did not recognize him lo hekeruhu<\/i><\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The idea that a word could mean a thing and its opposite sounds patently absurd. How could we ever communicate if things meant both yes and no, black and white, up and down? But there are indeed such words, called contranyms (or auto-antonym). Three quick examples in English: cleave means both \u201csplit apart,\u201d and \u201ccling to;\u201d sanction can mean \u201cpermit\u201d and \u201cprohibit\u201d (or \u201cpunish\u201d); and if an alarm goes off, well, if it was on, it went off, but if it was off, it went on. See what I mean?<\/span><\/p>\n

We have an example of this phenomenon in our chapter. We are familiar with the root \u05e0-\u05db-\u05e8, <\/span>n-ch-r<\/span><\/em> (often manifesting without the letter\u00a0<\/span>nun<\/span><\/em>) from words such as <\/span>lehakir<\/span><\/em>, \u201cknow, recognize\u201d <\/span>mukar<\/span><\/em>, \u201cfamiliar,\u201d and three of the four verbs emphasized above. In fact, that family of words has appeared 10 times in the last 6 chapters, and famously ties together the stories of Joseph in the pit (and the request that Jacob \u201crecognize\u201d the bloodstained tunic) and Judah and Tamar (that he \u201crecognize\u201d the staff and cord that he left with her). Here, too, a central part of the story, as made explicit in verse 8, is that Joseph of course knew the brothers, but they did not, could not, recognize him. <\/span><\/p>\n

But we have the additional use of the root here in a different form: <\/span>vayitnaker<\/span><\/em>, as translated here: \u201che acted like a stranger.\u201d \u00a0That is, precisely one who is not recognized or familiar. According to the authoritative Even Shoshan dictionary, this is the base meaning of the root, and also familiar to us from words like <\/span>nochri<\/span><\/em>, \u201cstranger, foreigner.\u201d (See also Ruth 2:10 for this root with its two meanings used together). The modern word for alienation, <\/span>nikkur<\/span><\/em>, is derived from this meaning. The other meaning of \u201crecognition\u201d is listed there in the etymological note as a derivation of this meaning – \u201cin the opposite sense!\u201d (rare lexicographer\u2019s exclamation point in the original – !). So, there you have it, in Hebrew, a root at least, can mean a thing and its opposite. But rather than confound and confuse, it enriches the text with deep allusions and interconnections.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":103644,"id":103644,"title":"-6249c0174764a--6249c0174764cgen42-milim hikir.jpg","filename":"6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/milimilim-the-hebrew-corner-gen-42\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir-jpg\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir-jpg","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":39731,"date":"2022-04-03 15:41:11","modified":"2022-04-03 15:41:27","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":960,"height":720,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg-300x225.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":225,"medium_large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg-768x576.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":576,"large":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg.jpg","large-width":960,"large-height":720,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg.jpg","1536x1536-width":960,"1536x1536-height":720,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg.jpg","2048x2048-width":960,"2048x2048-height":720,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg.jpg","post_full_size-width":960,"post_full_size-height":720,"home_baner":"https:\/\/cetwpuploads.blob.core.windows.net\/wp929\/uploads\/2018\/09\/6249c0174764a-6249c0174764cgen42-milim-hikir.jpg-560x420.jpg","home_baner-width":560,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":"

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