[Avodah] First mention in the Torah

[Silverman, Philip B]

"We have a tradition that if we wish to discover a concept's meaning, we
should look at the first time it is mentioned in the Torah."

I found the above statement at a fine yeshivah's website. I've heard it
several times, and have seen some interesting examples, but can someone
tell me the source of the tradition, and perhaps a scholarly discussion
of the matter?

 

Thank you.

Philip 

 



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