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targum-ist onkelos

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An ancient translator or commentator (Targum-ist) known for his work, who used a word from which 'fellah' (forced worker) is derived to describe the Hebrews' bondage.
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description of Hebrew bondage
profession
Targum-ist

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  • describedHebrews
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    Onkelos described the severe bondage endured by the Hebrews, including brick-making and various forms of field service like digging canals and irrigation.
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    describing the bondage under which the Hebrews groaned not only in the brick-making, but “in all manner of service in the field,” which is thought to include digging of canals and processes of irrigation, a kind of labor very unhealthy.
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