Seeing and Trembling Shvi’i Exodus 20:18–26(15–23 תנ״ך) “All the people experienced the thunder, the lightning, the sound of the shofar, and the mountain smoking. When the people saw it, they trembled …” —Exodus 20:18 (15תנ״ך) Impossible as it may seem, Jewish tradition claims that the people actually “saw” thunder. “V’chol ha’am ro’im et ha-kolot (and all the people seeing voices/ thunder)” describes this mindbending experience (Ex. 20:18(15 תנ״ך)). Bullinger [p. 135] calls this “seeing” a zeugma,
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