Reading the Word Bewildered as Tangled and Mingled

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 230:6

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Another interpretation: Nevukhim (entangled) means nothing other than mingled together, as it is said, "and the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Shushan was bewildered" (Esther 3:15).

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ExodusWisdomEgypt

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