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At the very outset of this chapter, God called Ezekiel \u201cson of man\u201d (<\/span>ben adam<\/span><\/i>), a title that was almost exclusively his. Indeed, of about 50 times that this sobriquet appears in Tanakh, more than 40 are specific to this prophet. (Four appearances in Jeremiah and one in Psalms are generic, meaning \u201ca person,\u201d only in Daniel 8:17 does it designate a specific individual.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

God then addressed Ezekiel who\u2014utilizing his first-person voice as we noted in our introduction\u2014reported: \u201cAs He spoke to me, a spirit entered into me and set me upon my feet; and I heard what was being spoken to me\u201d (2). The passive formulation\u2014”what was being spoken to me\u201d as opposed to \u201cwhat He spoke to me\u201d\u2014is represented by an anomalous vocalization of the Hebrew: <\/span>middaber<\/span><\/i> (note the <\/span>daggesh<\/span><\/i> in the <\/span>dalet<\/span><\/i>), rather than <\/span>m\u2019daber<\/span><\/i>, a form that occurs elsewhere in Tanakh only apropos of God\u2019s communication with The \u201cFather of all Prophets,\u201d Moses.<\/span><\/p>\n

Numbers 7:89 describes Moses\u2019s inaugural entry into the completed Tabernacle as follows: \u201cWhen Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Him, he would hear the Voice addressing (<\/span>middaber<\/span><\/i>) him from above the cover that was on top of the Ark of the Pact between the two cherubim; thus He spoke to him.\u201d Rashi took this as the reflexive form of the verb D-B-R and explained: “He heard the Voice uttering to itself. It is out of reverence for the Most High God that Scripture speaks thus: The Voice was speaking to itself, and Moses would listen in.\u201d Here, too, he commented: \u201cIt is out of respect for the Most High. <\/span>M\u2019daber<\/span><\/i>, with the <\/span>shva\u2019 <\/span><\/i>vowel, implies a person speaking to an acquaintance face to face. <\/span>Middaber<\/span><\/i>, with a <\/span>hiriq <\/span><\/i>vowel, implies that the Presence was speaking by its honorable self, leaving its agents to listen in.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the continuation, God directed Ezekiel\u2019s mission to the relapsing Israelites who were continuing in the rebellious ways of their ancestors (3) and whom He designated \u201cthe house of mutiny\u201d (<\/span>beit hameri<\/span><\/i>, 8). This term, too, is exclusive to Ezekiel, suggesting that his rather idiosyncratic circumstances\u2014the first prophet after the exile and the first prophet to operate outside the Land of Israel\u2014 contributed to a literary singularity as well.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":73078,"id":73078,"title":"ez2-listen in","filename":"ez2-listen-in.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/ez2-listen-in.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/son-of-man-listen-in-on-god\/ez2-listen-in\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"ez2-listen-in","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":73077,"date":"2020-04-07 15:25:04","modified":"2022-02-07 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