The son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name with a curse; so they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri the tribe of Dan. The specific naming of the blasphemer's mother — Shelomith, daughter of Dibri, of Dan — and the father's nationality (Egyptian) provides the community identity of the case. The naming communicates that this is a real person in a real community, not a hypothetical case. The blasphemy of the Name — the divine name YHWH — with a curse is the violation that requires divine determination of the appropriate response.

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