Talmud su Giosuè 22:78

They came back and asked him: What is that which is written (Jos. 22:22): “God, ĕlōhīm, Eternal, God, ĕlōhīm, Eternal³¹Three names for the Divinity, twice repeated., He knows.” He answered them, it is not written: “they know”, but “He knows.” His students told him: Teacher, these you pushed away with a stick, what can you answer us? He said to them: All three are one name, as if a man would say “King³²Greek βασιλεύς., Caesar, Augustus.”

“Even if the king greets one, he should not respond.⁴⁴Quote from the Mishnah, title of the following discussion. The statement of R. Aḥa is quoted in the Babli (32b) in the name of the slightly earlier Rav Joseph.” Rebbi Aḥa said, that is, if the greeter is a king of Israel. But one returns greeting from a Gentile king. It was stated⁴⁵Slightly different versions appear in Tosephta Berakhot3:22,Massekhet Soferim 5:6.: If one is writing a Divine name, then even if the king greets him, he should not respond. If he is writing two or three Names, e. g. (Jos. 22:22) “Powerful, God, Eternal”, he finishes one of them⁴⁶The one he is currently writing. and then responds to the greeting.

Rebbi Samuel bar Naḥman in the name of Rebbi Jonathan: In the Torah, in Prophets, and in Hagiographs we find that a person had to be innocent in the eyes of people just as he has to be innocent in the eyes of the Omnipresent. In the Torah from where? As it is written,³⁵Num. 32:22. you have to be blameless before the Eternal and before Israel. In Prophets from where? As it is written⁵²Jos. 22:22., The Power, God, Eternal, the Power, God, Eternal, He knows, and Israel has to know. In Hagiographs from where? As it is written³⁶Prov. 3:4., find grace and understanding in the eyes of God and man. Gamaliel the twin asked Rebbi Yose ben Rebbi Abun, which one is the clearest^52aB: The most stringent. of all of these? He answered him, you have to be blameless before the Eternal and before Israel.

Rebbi Abba in the name of Rav Jehudah: if it was made like half a bagel³²⁰If a Mezuzah is written in calligraphy in the shape of half-circles one inside the other then the inner arcs are shorter than the outer ones and contain fewer words.. The uppermost line under which are two others must contain at least three words, the middle one two, the lowest one even [on the] earth³²¹Deut. 11:21. The addition by the corrector clearly has to be deleted.. Rebbi Ze`ira in the name of Rav Ḥisda: if it was made like a double flute<sup>322</sup>Greek συμφωνία. It is \_/-shaped, having the two mouth pieces close together but the bodies of the flutes diverging., the uppermost line under which are two others must contain at least three words, the lowest two. The middle one I do not know<sup>323</sup>Whether it need 2 or 3 words. Therefore 3 certainly are sufficient. The Babli Menaḥot 30b quotes the first Tanna as R. Yose (whom Babylonian practice follows), the second one as R. Jehudah’s.. Rebbi Jeremiah said it: Rebbi Ze`ira in the name of Rav Ḥisda; Rebbi Jonah and Rebbi Yose both say, Rebbi Ze`ura in the name of Ashian bar Nidba; the colleagues say, Rebbi Ze`ira in the name of Rav Ḥananel. If the ink comes out of the holes it is disqualified. What does he do? He licks it off with his tongue and it jells³²³Whether it need 2 or 3 words. Therefore 3 certainly are sufficient. The Babli Menaḥot 30b quotes the first Tanna as R. Yose (whom Babylonian practice follows), the second one as R. Jehudah’s.. If he made an error and omitted the Name. There are Tannaim who state, he suspends the Name. There are Tannaim who state, he erases the profane, writes the Name, and suspends the profane³²⁴If there is a hole in the leather or parchment which is visible once the ink has dried, the letter is incomplete and disqualified. But if the ink when dry covers the hole completely so that the reader will not notice the hole, it is qualified. Babli Šabbat 108a.. Rebbi Ze`ira, Rav Ḥananel in the name of Rav: practice follows him who says, he erases the profane, writes the Name, and suspends the profane. Rebbi Ze`ira, Rav Ḥananel in the name of Rav: but if it was like I am the Eternal your God³²⁵Num. 15:41. it is permitted. Why? Because these are three words or because part of it is profane? What is the difference between them? God, Highest Power, Eternal³²⁶Jos. 22:22. The situation does not occur in the Pentateuch.. If you are saying because they are three words, they are three words. If you are saying, because part of it is profane, nothing there is profane. For the Eternal is questionable, by the Eternal is questionable³²⁷Since it will be stated later that prefixes of the Name may be erased while suffixes may not, the question is whether an erasable prefix has the same status as a profane word preceding the Name..