[Avodah] Husband

[Gershon Dubin]

-- "kennethgmiller at juno.com" <kennethgmiller at juno.com> wrote:

<<In the beginning of this week's parsha, I found the word "ishahh" nine times (in pesukim 8, 9, 11, 12, twice in 13, twice in 14, and again in 15), but the word "baal" or "baalahh" does not appear even once.

So my question is: Why was "ishahh" used in this parsha, instead of "baalahh"?>>
I can't answer the specific question, but perhaps hi hanosenes, that the Torah does NOT want to emphasize the husband's power over his wife.
See meforshim on Hoshea 2:18 "On that day you will call Me ishi and no longer call me Baali"
e.g. Rashi:  Ishi is lashon ishus vechibas ne'urim;  Baal is lashon adnus umorah.

Gershon
gershon.dubin at juno.com

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