We are going to go back to the beginning of the ืฉืืจื ืืืขืืืช.
ื ืฉืืจ ืืืขืืืช;
ืื ืืณ ืืฆืจืชื ืื ืงืจืืชื ืืืขื ื ืื
ื ืืณ ืืฆืืื ื ืคืฉื ืืฉืคืช ืฉืงืจ; ืืืฉืื ืจืืืื
This perek is explicitly about the Gossip Trap, as we talked about last time. Human beings are social primates and need to gossip. We determine our value by how we perceive how others perceive us.
Hell is other people.
The No Exit play by Sartre perfectly illustratesโฆthe fact that othersโand their gazeโis what alienates and locks me in a particular kind of being, which in turn deprives me of my freedom.
And we canโt escape it. The psalmist looks for help: ืืฆืจืชื ืื ืงืจืืชื.
The next pasuk is an apostrophe to the ืืฉืื ืืจืข itself.
ืื ืืชื ืื ืืื ืืกืืฃ ืื ืืฉืื ืจืืืื
ืืืจ ืจืื ืืืื ื ืืฉืื ืจืื ืืืกื ืื ืืืืจื: ืืื ืืืชืื (ืชืืืื ืงื:ื) ืึทื ืึผึดืชึผึตื ืึฐืึธ ืึผืึทื ืึผึนืกึดืืฃ ืึธืึฐ ืึธืฉืืึนื ืจึฐืึดืึผึธื? ืืืจ ืื ืืงืืดื ืืืฉืื: ืื ืืืจืื ืฉื ืืื ืืงืืคืื, ืืืชื ืืืื. ืื ืืืจืื ืฉื ืืื ืืืืืฅ, ืืืชื ืืืคื ืื. ืืื ืขืื, ืืื ืฉืืงืคืชื ืื ืฉืชื ืืืืืช ืืืช ืฉื ืขืฆื ืืืืช ืฉื ืืฉืจ. ืื ืืชื ืื ืืื ืืืกืืฃ ืื ืืฉืื ืจืืื?
As it were, ืืณ Himself is at a loss about what to do with ืืฉืื ืืจืข. To eliminate our need to talk about others is to stop us from being human.
ืืืจ ืจืื ืฉืืขืื ืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืขืืืื: ืคืืง ืืืื ืื ืฆืื ืืื ืื ืฉืืงื. ื ืคืง, ืืื ืืื ืืฉื. ืืืจ ืืื: ืคืืง ืืืื ืื ืฆืื ืืืฉื ืื ืฉืืงื. ื ืคืง, ืืื ืืื ืืฉื. ืืืจ ืืื: ืืื ืืื ืืื ืื ื ืืืจ ืื ืฆืื ืืื ืืช ืืื ืื ืืฉื, ืืื ืื ื ืืืจ ืื ืฆืื ืืืฉื ืืช ืืื ืื ืืฉื. ืืืจ ืืื: ืืื ื ืืืชื ืืืื ื ืืืฉืชื; ืื ืืื ืื, ืืืช ืืื ืื ืื, ืืื ืืืฉ, ืืืช ืืืฉ ืื ืื.
The perek continues:
ืืฆื ืืืืจ ืฉื ืื ืื; ืขื ืืืื ืจืชืืืื
The gemara assumes the subject of the metaphor is ืืงืืดื, who attacks the ืืขื ืืฉืื ืืจืข with His arrows and coals:
ืืืจ ืจื ืืกืื ืืืจ ืืจ ืขืืงืื: ืื ืืืกืคืจ ืืฉืื ืืจืข, ืืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืืืื ื: ืื ื ืขืืื ืืืืขืื ืืืชื ืขืืื ืืืืื ื ืืื ื ื, ืฉื ืืืจ (ืชืืืืื ืงื:ื): โืืฆื ืืืืจ ืฉื ืื ืื ืขื ืืืื ืจืชืืืโ, ืืื ืืฅ ืืื ืืฉืื, ืฉื ืืืจ (ืืจืืืื ื:ื): โืืฅ ืฉืืื ืืฉืื ื ืืจืื ืืืจโ, ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื, ืฉื ืืืจ (ืืฉืขืืื ืื:ืื): โืืณ ืืืืืจ ืืฆืโ; ืืืื ืจืชืืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ื.
But I think the tenor of the perek goes better with the midrash, that takes the arrows and coals as the gossip itself. Yaakov, in his blessing to Yosef, says the archers hated him (ืืจืืฉืืช ืื:ืื) ืึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืึฐืึปืืึผ ืึผึทืขึฒืึตื ืึดืฆึผึดืื:
ืืืฉืืืื ืืขืื ืืฆืื: ืืื ืืขืื ืืืฆืชื ืฉืืฉืืืื ืขืืื ืืืจืื ืงืฉืื ืืืฅ (ืชืืืื ืงื:ื): ืึดืฆึผึตื ืึดืึผืึนืจ ืฉืึฐื ืึผื ึดืื. ืืื ืจืื ืืืฉืื ืืืฅ ืืื ืืื ืืื, ืืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืงืืื ืืื ืืื ืืจืืืง, ืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืืจืข ืืืืืจ ืืจืืื ืืงืืื ืืกืืจืื. ืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืจืชืืื, ืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืืคื ืื, ืืื ืืืื ืจืชืืื ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืืืฅ ืขืืื ืืื ืืืขืจ ืืืคื ืื; ืื ืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืงืื ืืฉืื ืืจืข ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืฉืืชื ืืืื ืืืคืืกื ืืืื ืืชืคืืก ืขืืื ืืื ืืืขืจ ืืืคื ืื. ืืขืฉื ืืจืชื ืืื ืฉืืฆืืชื ืื ืืช ืืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืง ืฉื ืื ืขืฉืจ ืืืฉ, ืืจืฃ ืืงืืฅ ืืืจืฃ.
ืืฉืื ืืจืข has no limits in time or space.
The psalmist continues:
ืืืื ืื ืื ืืจืชื ืืฉื; ืฉืื ืชื ืขื ืืืื ืงืืจื
Where are ืืฉื and ืงืืจ, and why does it matter that he lived there? ืืฉื is a brother of ืืื, one of the European descendants of ืืคืช:
ื ืืืื ืชืืืืช ืื ื ื ื ืฉื ืื ืืืคืช; ืืืืืื ืืื ืื ืื ืืืจ ืืืืืื ื ืื ื ืืคืช ืืืจ ืืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืชืื; ืืืฉื ืืชืืจืกื
And ืงืืจ was a descendant of ืืฉืืขืื:
ืืืื ืฉืืืช ืื ื ืืฉืืขืื ืืฉืืชื ืืชืืืืชื; ืืืจ ืืฉืืขืื ื ืืืช ืืงืืจ ืืืืืื ืืืืฉืื
One could take these nations as prophetic metonyms for the future oppressors of Israel: Christianity and Islam. But I think there is a different symbolism here. Israel was destined to go (ืืจืืฉืืช ืื ืื)โ ืื ืืจ ืืฆืจืื ืขื ืื ืืจ ืืืื ื ืืจ ืคืจืช. We pointed out before that these are not borders:
In Brit Bein HaBโtarim, โhaโAretzโ is defined as the land between the Nile and Euphrates. These rivers are not borders; never in the history of mankind have these rivers marked the borders of a single country. Rather, these rivers mark the two centers of ancient civilization โMesopotamia (โNโhar Pratโ) and Egypt (โNโhar Mitzrayimโ).
The contrast then is between the โcivilizedโ nations and the scattered nomads of Arabia and the barbarians of Europe (this is well before Greece and Rome).
ืื ื ืืื ืืจืืืง ืืืื; ืืื ื ืืื ืืฆืคืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืจืฅ ืกืื ืืื
(Iโm pretty sure ืืจืฅ ืกืื ืื doesnโt mean โChinaโ but poetically it should)
Yes, I am a Jew and when the ancestors of the right honourable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island, mine were priests in the temple of Solomon.
The psalmist says he has lived among โbarbariansโ, and the problem of ืืฉืื ืืจืข and ืฉื ืืช ืืื ื is much worse here, in Israel, at the supposed center of civilization:
ื ืจืืช ืฉืื ื ืื ื ืคืฉื ืขื ืฉืื ื ืฉืืืื
ื ืื ื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืืจ; ืืื ืืืืืืื
ืจืืช: ืจืขื ืื ืจืื ืืืชืจ, ืื ืฉโืฉืื ื ืื ื ืคืฉื ืขื ืฉืื ื ืฉืืืโ, ืฉืื ื ืฉืืื ืืชืื ืืื ืืื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืจืืข ืืืชืจ ืืื ื ืงืืจ ืืืฉื, ืื.
ืื ื ืฉืืื: ืืื ืฉืื ื ืฉืืื ืขืืื, ืืื ืืืืจ ืขืืื ืฉืืื ืืื (ืืืืจื ืฉืืื) ืืืืืื, ืฉืื ื ืืืืจ ืืชืืื ืืืจื, ืืื ืืืืจื ืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืืื ืืจืื ืืฉื ืืช ืื ื, ืืื ืืจืืข ืืืฉื ืืืืื ืงืืจ ืฉืจืขืชื ืืืืื ืืืืขืชื ืืืืืจ ืืจืขืชื.
And the perek ends there. It does not end on a hopeful note, but we have to realize that this is only the first step in a process. This is the first of the ืฉืืจื ืืืขืืืช; things will look up from here.
The next perek is (ืชืืืืื ืงืื)โ ืืฉื ืขืื ื ืื ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืื ืขืืจื, which we dealt with in Old Wivesโ Tales. It is about having faith in ืืณ and that help will come. Then comes (ืชืืืืื ืงืื)โ ืฉืืืชื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืช ืืณ ื ืื, which we discussed in Zionism. There we see some of the aspects of speech that are ืื ืืื ืื, ืืืช ืืื ืื ืื.
The next perek is the response to the ืืฉืคืช ืฉืงืจ and ืืืฉืื ืจืืื of ืคืจืง ืงื.
ื ืฉืืจ ืืืขืืืช;
ืืืื ื ืฉืืชื ืืช ืขืื ื ืืืฉืื ืืฉืืืื
ื ืื ื ืืขืื ื ืขืืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืื
ืืขืื ื ืฉืคืื ืื ืื ืืืจืชื;
ืื ืขืื ืื ื ืื ืืณ ืืืงืื ื ืขื ืฉืืื ื ืื
ืืืื ื ืฉืืชื ืืช ืขืื ื is the answer to ืืฉื ืขืื ื ืื ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืื ืขืืจื. But we have to note that there are two metaphors for our relationship with ืืงืืดื:
ืืืื ืืจืช ืขืืื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืฉืคื ืื ืืฆืืจื ืขืืืืื ืื ืืื ืื ืื ืืขืืืื ืื ืืื ืื ืจืืื ื ืืจืื ืื ืขื ืื ืื ืืื ืืขืืืื ืขืื ืื ื ืื ืชืืืืืช ืขื ืฉืชืืื ื ื ืืชืืฆืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืคืื ื ืืืื ืงืืืฉ
Here, the psalmist is expressing only one of those.
ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืโฆืื ืื ืืืืจืชื: ืฉืืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืขืื ืืื ืืขืฆืื ืฉืืจืืื ืขืืืื ืืืจืคื ืืื ืืื ืื ืื ืื ื ืื ืืื ื ืืื ื ืชื ื ื ืืืืืช ืฉืืจืื ืขืืื ื ืืืืฆืืื ื ืืื ื.
The flip side of the Gossip Trap is Hobbesโs Leviathan. If everything is falling apart from ืืฉืื ืจืืื, then we need the absolute rule of a dictator to pull us out. We just want that dictator to be ืืณ, not some human tyrant.
(ืืืจืื ืื:ื) ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืงื ื:โฆืื โืืืืโ ืืื โืงื ืโ? ืืื โืงื ืโ ืืื โืืืืโ? ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืฉืจืื ืขืืฉืื ืจืฆืื ื ืฉื ืืงืื, ืืื ืืจืื ืขืืืื ืืื ืขื ืื ืื; ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืขืืฉืื ืจืฆืื ื, ืืื ืจืืื ืืืชื ืืขืื. ืื ืืขืื ืืืืืชื ืืฉืื ืืืืืชื ืืฉืืฉ ืืืืื ืื ืืขื ืืจืื, ืื ืืชื ืชืขืฉื ืจืฆืื ื ืฉื ืืงืื ืืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืขื ืืจืืื.
As Rabbi Haym Soloveitchik famously said:
Having lost the touch of His presence, they seek now solace in the pressure of His yoke.
ื ืื ื ื ืืณ ืื ื ื; ืื ืจื ืฉืืขื ื ืืืื
ื ืจืืช ืฉืืขื ืื ื ืคืฉื ื;
ืืืขื ืืฉืื ื ืื; ืืืื ืืืืืื ืื (ืืืื ืืื ืื)ื
We ask for ืื, undeserved (ืืื ื) mercy, because we canโt take the humiliation any more. ืจืืช is an an unusual word; we saw it before referring to the ืฉืื ื ืฉืืื and we will see it again in ืคืจืง ืงืื, referring to ืจึทืึผึทืช ืฆึฐืจึธืจืึผื ึดื ืึดื ึผึฐืขืึผืจึทื. It means โtoo muchโ.
ืจืืช: ืื ืจืข ืืืืื ืืืชืจ ืื ืฉโืฉืืขื ืื ื ืคืฉื ืโโฆืื ืฉืืืขื ืฉื ืืฉืื ื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืื ืื, ืฉืืืจ ืืื ื ืืืืจืื ืืชืืชืื ื ืืดื ืขื ืฉืื ืฉืืฉืื ื ืื ืืืขืืืื ืขื ืฆืจืืชืื ื ืื ื ืขืฉื ืืื ืืืืืื ืื ืฉืืื, ืฉืืขืื ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืชื ืขื ืฉืืฉืืื ืื ืืืขืื ืืขื ืฉืคื ืืื ืฉืืื ืื ื ืืฉืืืื ืืขืื ืืื ืืฃ ืืืืืช ื ืืฉื ืืืขื, ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืฉ ื ืืื ืฉืืืขื ืขื ืื ืฉืืื ืืชืืืืช ืืฉืคืืืช.
And here the perek ends, again on an apparently negative note.
We have โascendedโ (ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงื)โ ืืฉืคืช ืฉืงืจ ืืืฉืื ืจืืื, through (ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื)โ ืืฉื ืขืื ื ืื ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืื ืขืืจื of and the hope of (ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื)โ ืฉืืืชื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืช ืืณ ื ืื to our perek. The answer to ืืืื ืืื ืขืืจื is ืื ื ืืขืื ื ืขืืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืื. It is not a good answer, but at least it is an answer, and it leads from drowning in gossip (ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื)โ ืืืื ืฉืืคืื ื to being saved: ืืคื ื ืฉืืจ ืืื ืื ื ื ืืืื ื. The next perakim that talk of building Jerusalem: (ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื)โ ืืจ ืฆืืื ืื ืืืื,โ(ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื)โ ืืฉืื ืืณ ืืช ืฉืืืช ืฆืืื and (ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื)โ ืื ืืณ ืื ืืื ื ืืืช. This series of ืฉืืจื ืืืขืืืช ends with
ื ืืืจืื ืืณ ืืฆืืื; ืืจืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉืื ืื ืืื ืืืืื ื ืืจืื ืื ืื ืืื ืื; ืฉืืื ืขื ืืฉืจืืื
(We discussed ืคืจืงืื ืงืื-ืงืื last time and ืคืจืงืื ืงืื-ืงืื in A Dream Deferred)
ืืื ืืจืืฉืื and ืฉืืื ืขื ืืฉืจืื is nice, but it represents a relationship with ืืงืืดื of ืืขืื ื ืขืืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืื. It is a relationship of ืืืช ืืืื. It the first flight of stairs to the true ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ, but we canโt stop at the landing. As Rav Dessler says:
ืืืื ืขืื ืืืขืื ืขืื ืืืชืจ ืจืื, ืืืื ืืื ื ืืช ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ ืืืืช ืืืืื ืื ืดื, ืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืช ืขืืืจ ืืฉืจืื ืืืช ืืงืืฉ ืฉืื ืืืจื ืืขืืื, ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฉืฉ ืืืืจ.
ืืื ืืืืืจ ืื ืฉืืชื ืืจืืืดื ืฉืืื ืื ืื ื ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ ืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืืืช ืืืืโืดืืืื ืจืืื ืฉืคืืช"โืืืืจืืช ืืืืชื ืืงืจืื ืืช, ืืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืฆื ืืืช ืืืืโฆ
So we start another series of ืฉืืจื ืืืขืืืช, that will end with the last ืฉืืจ ืืืขืืืช,โ ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื. That is a two-pasuk introduction to ืืื ืืืืื. We discussed it in that context, in ืืื ืืืืื. In the metaphor of the steps leading to the ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ, we arrive at the doorway to the courtyard itself. The way to get there is via the penultimate perek, (ืชืืืืื ืคืจืง ืงืื)โ ืื ื ืื ืืื ืืื ื ืขืื ืฉืืช ืืืื ืื ืืื. The second โflight of stairsโ goes from ืืืช ืืืื to ืืืช ืืืืื,โ ืืืช ืืจืืืื.
This section starts with a look at the difficult history of the psalmist/Israel (remembering that ืชืืืืื can apply both to the individual and the community):
ื ืฉืืจ ืืืขืืืช;
ืจืืช ืฆืจืจืื ื ืื ืขืืจื
ืืืืจ ื ื ืืฉืจืืื
ื ืจืืช ืฆืจืจืื ื ืื ืขืืจื;
ืื ืื ืืืื ืืื
The parallel is with ืคืจืง ืงืื:
ื ืฉืืจ ืืืขืืืช ืืืื;
ืืืื ืืณ ืฉืืื ืื ื
ืืืืจ ื ื ืืฉืจืืื
ื ืืืื ืืณ ืฉืืื ืื ื
ืืงืื ืขืืื ื ืืืื
But that perek had more of a sense of immediacy; this is ืจืืช ืฆืจืจืื ื ืื ืขืืจื, a historical look back, thanking ืืณ for saving us.
ืืืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืชืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืื ืื ืขืืจืื ืืืืจื ืืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืืงื ื, ืืืืจ ืื ืืชืืืืช ืืืืืช ืฆืจืจื ืืืชื ื ืืืืืืื ืฆืจื ืจืื, ืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืจืื ืชืืืื ืืึพื ืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืช. ืืชืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืฆืจืืจ ืืืชื ื ืืขื ืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืืชื
And the metaphor here is of a farmer abusing his oxen as he plows:
ื ืขื ืืื ืืจืฉื ืืจืฉืื; ืืืจืืื ืืืขื ืืชื (ืืืขื ืืชื)ื
ื ืืณ ืฆืืืง; ืงืฆืฅ ืขืืืช ืจืฉืขืืื
ืืืขื ืืชื: ืืื ืืงื ืฉืืืจืืฉ ืืืืจืฉ ืืฉืืืจืื ืืฉืื ืืฉืืขืืจ ืฉืืจืฆื ืื ืืืืจ ืื ืืืืืจ ืืืขืฉื ืืืจ ืืืืื, ืืื ืขื ืฉืืืจืืฉ ืื ืืฉืื. ืืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืจืื ืืืขื ืืช ืชืืื ืืืืข ืืฉืืืจืื ืจืื ืื ืื ืื ืืื ืขื ืจืืฉ ืืงื ืืืืืจื ืืืจืืื ืืืขื ืืชื, ืจืืฆื ืืืืจ ืฉืื ื ืชื ื ืืืชื ื ืื ืื ืืขืืืืชื ืืืกืืืืชื.
We were released from the anarchy of the State of Nature of ืคืจืง ืงื, but ended up tied to the yoke of tyranny, the Leviathan. If we have no independence of thought, we are nothing more than animals. And ืืณ released us from that as well. So our enemies cannot abuse us, and their metaphoric crop fails:
ื ืืืฉื ืืืกืื ืืืืจ ืื ืฉื ืื ืฆืืืื
ื ืืืื ืืืฆืืจ ืืืืช ืฉืงืืืช ืฉืืฃ ืืืฉื
ื ืฉืื ืืื ืืคื ืงืืฆืจ; ืืืฆื ื ืืขืืจื
ืืฆื is a rare word that seems to refer to part of ones clothing for carrying things:
ืื ืืืจ ืืื ึพื ืืณ ืื ื ืืฉื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืขืืื ืืจืื ื ืกื; ืืืืืื ืื ืื ืึผึฐืึนืฆึถื ืืื ืชืื ืขื ืืชืฃ ืชื ืฉืื ืื
But however to translate it, there wonโt be an ืขืืืจ of wheat in it. And more:
ืืื ืืืจื ืืขืืจืื ืืจืืช ืืณ ืืืืื;
ืืจืื ื ืืชืื ืืฉื ืืณื
If ืืณ made it so that the passers-by will not offer ืืจืืช ืืณ to our enemies, then the implication is that these enemies who abuse us are not just outside nations but fellow Jews, who should be greeting each other ืืฉื ืืณ. Back in ืคืจืง ืงืื it was ืืจืื ืืณโฆ ืืฉื ืืณ that broke us out of the trap:
ื ืืจืื ืืณ ืฉืื ื ืชื ื ื ืืจืฃ ืืฉื ืืืื
ื ื ืคืฉื ื ืืฆืคืืจ ื ืืืื ืืคื ืืืงืฉืื;
ืืคื ื ืฉืืจ ืืื ืื ื ื ืืืื ืื
ื ืขืืจื ื ืืฉื ืืณ ืขืฉื ืฉืืื ืืืจืฅื
And we need it again to break our bonds: ืงืฆืฅ ืขืืืช ืจืฉืขืื.
In the aggadah that started this series on ืฉืืจ ืืืขืืืช, David uses the ืฉื ืืณ to control the raging waters:
ืึผึธืชึตื ืฉืึตื ืึทืึทืกึฐืคึผึธื ืึฐืฉืึธืึตื ืึดืชึฐืืึนืึธื, ืึผื ึฐืึตืืช ืชึผึฐืืึนืึธื ืฉืึดืืชึผึฐืกึทืจ ืึทืึฐืคึตื ืึผึทืจึฐืึดืืึตื. ืึผึดื ืึธืึตื ืึผึฐื ึธืึตืืช ืืึผืึธื, ืึฒืึทืจ: ืึผึทืึผึธื ืึผึฐืึดืืึผึฐืึตืโืึฐืคึตื ืึดืืจึฐืึทื ืขึธืึฐืึธื. ืึฒืึทืจ ืึฒืึตืฉื ืขึถืฉืึฐืจึตื ืึทืขึฒืืึนืช, ืึฐืึทืกึผึฐืงึตืืึผ ืึฒืึตืืกึทืจ ืึทืึฐืคึตื ืึผึทืจึฐืึดืืึตื, ืึฐืืึนืงึฐืึตืืึผ ืึผึฐืึทืึฐืคึผึธื ืึผึทืจึฐืึดืืึตื.
The way we have interpreted this symbolism, the flood represents the Gossip Trap, and the arid waterless world is the Leviathan. The compromise is to call out ืืฉื ืืณ.
ืืืขืชืง ืืฉื ืืืจื ืืงืื ืืืืช ืื; ืืื ืืืื ืืืช ืื ืืื ืืืขื ืืงืื ืืืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืณ ืืืงืจื ืืฉื ืืณื
But greeting other people ืืฉื ืืณ has a specific meaning:
ืืื ื ืืขื ืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืงืืฆืจืื ืืณ ืขืืื; ืืืืืจื ืื ืืืจืื ืืณื
ืืืชืงืื ื ืฉืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืช ืฉืืื ืืืจื ืืฉื, ืฉื ืืืจ: โืืื ื ืืขื ืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืงืืฆืจืื ืืณ ืขืืื ืืืืืจื ืื ืืืจืื ืืณโโฆืืืืืจ (ืชืืืื ืงืื:ืงืื) ืขืช ืึทืขึฒืฉืืึนืช ืึทืืณ ืึตืคึตืจืึผ ืชึผืึนืจึธืชึถืึธ. ืจืื ื ืชื ืืืืจ, ืืคืจื ืชืืจืชื ืขืช ืืขืฉืืช ืืืณ.
ืืืฉืืืจื ืืืื ืืชืงื ืืช ืฉืชืงื ื ืฉืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืจื ืืฉื ืืึพื, ืืคื ื ืฉืืืช โืฉืืืโ ืืื ืฉื ืืฉืืืช ืืงืืดื (ืฉืืช ืืฃ ื,ื).
The ืฉื ืืณ we use in greeting is ืฉืืื.
ืืืฉื ื ืืืืจืช ืฉืชืงื ื ืื ืืืืืจื ื ืจืืืช ืืืืืื ืืฉื ืฉืืื, ืืืขืื ืืคืจืช ืืชืืจื, ืืืื ืื ืจืฉืดื ืืืืืื ื ืฉืื ืจืง ื ืจืื ืื ืืื ืืืืช ืื ืจืฆืื ืืณ ืืืชืืืื, ืืืดื: โืฉืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืจื ืืฉืโืืฉืื ืฉื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืจืื ื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืืื ืฉื ืืงืื ืืฉืืื ืืืื ืืืจืืืช ืืืืฆืื ืฉื ืฉืืื ืขืืืโฆืืฃ ืื, ืืืชืืืื ืืฉืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืจื ืื ืจืฆืื ื ืฉื ืืงืื, ืฉื ืืืจ ืืงืฉ ืฉืืื ืืจืืคืื, ืืืชืจ ืืืคืจ ืชืืจื ืืืขืฉืืช ืืืจ ืื ืจืื ืืกืืจโ.
And that, the invocation of ืฉืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืืจื, is the next step up in the ืฉืืจื ืืืขืืืช.