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Roosters (שכוי)
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Who put wisdom in the hidden parts?
Who gave understanding to the mind?
Job 38:36
Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish said: When I went to the district of Kan Nishrayya,
I heard that
they called a bride
ninfi
and a rooster
sekhvi
.
The Gemara explains how this information serves to clarify the meanings of biblical verses:
A bride
is called
ninfi
; what is the verse
that uses a similar term?
“Beautiful view [
nof
], the joy of the whole earth,
Mount Zion” (Psalms 48:3), which therefore means beautiful like a bride.
And a rooster
is called
sekhvi
…
Rosh Hashanah 26a:20
the rooster
Heb. לשכוי. This is the rooster in the language of the Sages (Rosh Hashanah 26a). And some say: This is the heart, which looks (שוכה), watches, and considers the coming events.
Rashi on Job 38:36:2
That this is a true conception of knowledge is proven also from Job. Job complains of God’s ways and finds fault with God for the imperfect order of nature, as he thinks. Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul? he exclaims. God answers Job by saying, How dare you criticize God’s work and God’s knowledge as if you knew more than He? And you have the hardihood to say that the order of nature would be better arranged on another plan! You do not even know the causes of those natural things which are in your own body…
Sefer HaIkkarim, Maamar 1 16:4
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