[Avodah] Bereshit 23: 6-16

[Zev Sero]

Using the same word repeatedly through a story, and especially using it
in more than one sense, is common in Tanach.  Consider, for instance,
last week's haftarah, which starts out telling us that the King did not
"know" Avishag, and then continues to the story of Adoniyahu's attempted
coup, with the repeated refrain that the King "did not know".  This can't
be an accident.  See also "vayihyu shneihem arumim...vehanachash haya arum".

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