“... MEMRA [WORD OR WISDOM]. Our targumist inserts memra, the Aramaic for the Greek logos, meaning “word,” “wisdom,” “command,” “will,” “teaching,” “inspiration,” “power,” or “protection,” among others, as the context of the verse requires, twenty-two times in the Leviticus translation. Generally, as in this passage, the targumist uses it to preclude the offensive notion that the deity is performing an act that is in any way similar to human behavior. Here, he stops his readers from imagining that God reached down from heaven and “abhorred them,” or, as he recasts it, “distanced them.” See our introductions to Genesis and Exodus for more information about this term. ...”