Commentary for Jeremiah 1:5
בְּטֶ֨רֶם אצורך [אֶצָּרְךָ֤] בַבֶּ֙טֶן֙ יְדַעְתִּ֔יךָ וּבְטֶ֛רֶם תֵּצֵ֥א מֵרֶ֖חֶם הִקְדַּשְׁתִּ֑יךָ נָבִ֥יא לַגּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ׃
Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee, And before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee; I have appointed thee a prophet unto the nations.
Rashi on Jeremiah
When I had not yet formed you in the womb, etc. Since the days of the first man. The Holy One, blessed be He, showed Adam each generation and its prophets.
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Rashi on Jeremiah
I...formed you Heb. אצרך, an expression of צורה, a form.
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Rashi on Jeremiah
I knew you connois toi in O.F. Comp. (Exodus 6:3), “I was not known (נודעתּי) to them.”
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