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• Nimrod/2
  ...a negative figure.&#160; They are motivated by his name which contains the root מרד (to rebel), the description of him as a "hunter before Hashem", and ...s rebellion.&#160; He presumably understands the word to be related to the root "חול", meaning secular or profane.</li>
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 29/0
  ...hat the word that Yaakov uses to denote Lavan’s trickery (רמיתני. from the root ר.מ.ה.) sounds like Lavan’s moniker “הָאֲרַמִּי” (see Be
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• Nature of the Asham/2
  ...עה, refer both to a sin itself and to its repercussions or punishment. The root, "אשם", thus similarly can refer both to the state of feeling guilt, or <point><b>Meaning of Asham</b> – According to this approach, the root אשם relates to guilt or wrong-doing<fn>Ralbag even asserts that the word
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• Egyptian Background and the Exodus Narrative/0
  <li><b>מִרְיָם</b> – Possibly derived from the same root as מְרָרִי, although the final ם is unexplained.</li>
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• A Three Day Journey/1/en
  ...of the Firstborn, was he expelling them permanently (as the usages of the root גרש&#8206;<fn>See <a href="Shemot6-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 6:1</a>,
  8 KB (1,043 words) - 23:39, 5 July 2023
• Literary Devices – Bereshit 27/0
  <li><b>Blessing</b> – Not surprisingly, given the focus of the chapter, the root <span style="color: #ff00ff;"><b>"ברך"</b></span> and noun <b><span styl
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• Structure – Sefer Yonah/0
  ...gourd/worm/wind of Chapter 4, connecting the two sets of miracles. As the root only appears 28 times in all of Tanakh (and only once more in this specific
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 14/0
  ...://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/1234">concordance</a> demonstrates the the root<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/1234"> "בקע" </a>(to split)
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• Sarah's Treatment of Hagar/1
  ...d <a href="Shemot22-21-22" data-aht="source">Shemot 22:21-22</a>.</fn> the root "ענה" refers to oppression or abuse; is that what it means here as well?
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• Yitro and Bilam/0
  ...4.</fn> These two verses are the only occurrences of the verb forms of the root .י.ע.ץ in the Torah.<fn>The noun form appears once in Devarim 32:28. Ac
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• Giving One's Seed to Molekh/1/en
  ...term "יִשְׂרְפוּ", clarifying that the children were actually burned. The root "שרף", though, is absent from&#160;<a href="Vayikra18-1-319-24" data-aht
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• Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Vayigash/0/en
  <li>What are the root causes of economic anti-Semitism?&#160; How does it compare to religious an
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• Ephod – Appearance/2
  ...f&#160; "אֵפֹד"</b> – Rashi is not explicit, but appears to understand the root "אפד" to mean to adorn or decorate, writing, "והאפוד שם תכשי <point><b>Meaning of "אֵפֹד"</b> – R. Hirsch asserts that the root "אפד" means to belt.<fn>See also R"Y Bekhor Shor who also understands th
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• The Israelite Camp in Art/0
  ...ut R. David Kimchi</a></multilink> on Yehoshua 8:15.</fn> suggest that the root דבר refers to pasture or grazing land. The issue also relates to a large
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• Test/2/en
  ...are the only Biblical occurrences of the verb אבק.</fn> is related to the root "חבק"&#8206;<fn>Shadal notes that the Samaritan text reads "ויחבק". ...ggle.</fn> Ramban raises the possibility that it is related instead to the root חבק.&#8206;<fn>See <a href="BavliChulin91a_2" data-aht="source">Bavli Ch
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• Test/2/he
  ...are the only Biblical occurrences of the verb אבק.</fn> is related to the root "חבק"&#8206;<fn>Shadal notes that the Samaritan text reads "ויחבק". ...ggle.</fn> Ramban raises the possibility that it is related instead to the root חבק.&#8206;<fn>See <a href="BavliChulin91a_2" data-aht="source">Bavli Ch
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• Wrestling With Angels and Men/2
  ...are the only Biblical occurrences of the verb אבק.</fn> is related to the root "חבק"&#8206;<fn>Shadal notes that the Samaritan text reads "ויחבק". ...ggle.</fn> Ramban raises the possibility that it is related instead to the root חבק.&#8206;<fn>See <a href="BavliChulin91a_2" data-aht="source">Bavli Ch
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• Yerovam's Rebellion/2
  ...</b> – According to the Bavli, Rashi, and R"Y Kara the word comes from the root "מלא" and refers to the filling in of the holes that David had left in t ...ts that this was a labor corvee, rather than a monetary tax.&#160; See the root's usage in Shemot 1:11 and 5:4-5, and in Nechemiah 4:11.</fn></point>
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• Haggadah:Yachatz/1
  ...atter custom, though, is said to be done on the eve of Pesach.</fn> As the root "חטף" means to "snatch," it would seem to relate to a grabbing of the ma
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• Literary:Dialogue/0
  ...ecifying to whom Hashem is speaking.&#160; No where else in Torah does the root "דבר" appear in reference to Hashem without the verse then stating with
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