[Avodah] "God who knows the future"

[David Riceman]

Me:
>> I would say that the naive translation of that is: "You can do what you
>> want, but God sees what you do". "Tzafui" need not imply prediction.
> RLL:
>
> Can you think of any other source where tzafui means what you suggest?
>
> Lisa
>
>
See Bartenura ad. loc., which the Tashbetz in Magen Avos cites in the 
name of Rashi.  See also Even Shoshan's concordance, which cites 36 uses 
of Tzafah in the Bible, and says that 26 of them (more than 2/3) mean 
"ra'ah, hazah".
   Tzafui is just the passive participle of tzofeh.

David Riceman