[Avodah] Vayisa m'shalo vayomar

[Zev Sero]

On 25/6/21 6:29 am, Akiva Miller via Avodah wrote:
> 
> Perhaps my question might be rephrased: What is the difference between a 
> shir and a mashal? Neither is plain prose; in both, the ikar is between 
> the lines, and it needs to be parsed and darshened in order to be 
> understood properly.
> 

Maybe the Ibn Ezra was on to something, and mashal means specifically 
figurative speech.  Most of Bil'am's orations are in a poetic register 
but don't use figures.  The few times he uses figures are the ones 
called "meshalo".

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