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Rashi, on Gen 45:2
Rashi · 1040–1105
Gen 45:2 · Douay-Rheims
“And he lifted up his voice with weeping, which the Egyptians and all the house of Pharao heard.”
On this verse:
“וישמע בית פרעה AND THE HOUSE OF PHARAOH HEARD IT — The house of Pharaoh means his servants and the members of his household. בית here does not mean an actual house (so that the words would mean “and one heard it in the house of Pharaoh; cf. 5:16), but it is similar to (1 Kings 12:21) בית ישראל “the house of Israel”, or בית יהודה the house of Judah”, meaning the people of Judah. old French maisniede English all the inmates of a house.”
PD · Rashi on the Pentateuch
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