 Both the parashah (in ) and the haftarah (in ) use rare words to refer to the "perverse" (, "ikeish") and "wily" (, "petaltol"; , "titapal").Both the parashah (in ) and the haftarah (in ) teach that Providence repays human actions in kind.Both the parashah (in and 41–43) and the haftarah (in ) describe God in martial terms, shooting arrows (, "chitzai"; , "chitzim") ( 42; ) and punishing enemies (, "oyeiv") ( 42; 18, 38, 41, 49).