Study Sotah folio 12B with parallel Hebrew-English text, traditional commentary, and modern study tools. Free access to Babylonian Talmud online.
She placed him in a marsh, as it is written: “The reeds and willows [suf] shall wither” (Isaiah 19:6).
The verse states: “And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe [lirḥotz] in the river” (Exodus 2:5). R' Yoḥanan says in the name of R' Shimon ben Yoḥai: This teaches that she came down to the river to cleanse herself from the impurity of her father’s idols, as she was immersing herself as part
The verse continues: “And her maidens walked along [holekhot] by the riverside” (Exodus 2:5). R' Yoḥanan says: This walking is nothing other than the terminology of going toward death, and similarly it states: “Behold, I am going [holekh] to die” (Genesis 25:32).
The verse continues: “And she saw the ark among the willows” (Exodus 2:5). Once her maidens saw that the daughter of Pharaoh was intending to save Moses, they said to her: Our mistress, the custom of the world is that when a king of flesh and blood decrees a decree, even if all the world does not f
The verse concludes: “And she sent amatah to take it” (Exodus 2:5). R' Yehuda and R' Neḥemya disagree as to the definition of the word “amatah.” One says that it means her arm, and one says that it means her female slave. The Talmud explains: The one who says that it means her arm explained it in t