Riddles and Trivia

In the Megilah [4:14] we read that Mordechai admonished Esther and told her if she will be quiet and not beseech Achashveirosh to have mercy on the Jews, then Hashem will provide hatzalah from another source. Now, to express “if you will be silent,” Mordechai used a double verb with the root חרש to express silence: כִי אִם הַחֲרֵשׁ תַחֲרִישִׁי.

Fascinatingly, there is a topic in Chumash relating to women, in which we see exactly the same thing! Namely, the Torah uses a double verb with the root חרש to signify silence. There must be a deep connection between Mordechai’s expression and that statement in the Chumash. But before you figure that out, do you know where that ‘double silence expression’ is in Chumash?