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In vs. 8-10 of this chapter, Zephaniah, like several of his predecessors\u2014Isaiah in particular\u2014 prophesied that following their day of judgement, all nations will join Israel in the worship of the true God, saying: \u201cFor then I will make the peoples pure of speech, so that they all invoke the LORD by name and serve Him with one accord\u201d (9). It is the Hebrew for \u201cone accord\u201d\u2014<\/span>shechem echad<\/span><\/em>\u2014that is the focus of our attention.<\/span><\/p>\n

A <\/span>shechem<\/span><\/em> is a shoulder, and <\/span>echad<\/span><\/em> means one; indeed, the Aramaic Targum of Yonatan simply substituted the Aramaic words for \u201cone shoulder\u201d and rendered it as <\/span>k\u2019taf chad<\/span><\/em>. Our question is: Just how does \u201cone shoulder\u201d come to signify uniformity of thought or deed? Rashi made no comment here, but he did comment on the only other appearance of this phrase\u2014as part of Jacob\u2019s blessing to Joseph: \u201cI have given you <\/span>shechem echad<\/span><\/em> over your brothers\u201d (Gen. 48:22), saying: \u201c<\/span>Shechem<\/span><\/em> is a portion (<\/span>chelek<\/span><\/em>)\u201d and even cites our verse as a prooftext. Arguably, sharing one portion, or piece, is a sign of accord. Rashi also cited Ps. 21:13: \u201cYou shall make [my enemies] into pieces,\u201d which is also cited here by Ibn Ezra to arrive at the same conclusion, and is reflected in Radak\u2019s \u201cOne portion, meaning of one heart or mind.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Eliezer of Beaugency, however, leaned towards a more literal interpretation: \u201cThey will all put their shoulders to bear My yoke of service,\u201d and so did Malbim: \u201cThen they shall serve Him with one shoulder, in accordance with the service He commanded in the Torah.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

It could also be understood as a form of metonymy with the whole person alluded to through the use of one limb, the shoulder, chosen, apparently, for the reason cited by Beaugency and Malbim: people (as well as animals) show their obedience to a master by \u201cshouldering\u201d his yoke.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":78923,"id":78923,"title":"zeph3-yoke","filename":"zeph3-yoke.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/zeph3-yoke.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/one-shoulder\/zeph3-yoke\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"zeph3-yoke","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":78922,"date":"2020-08-17 14:41:03","modified":"2023-09-24 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