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Dictionary:נבל/0
<li>The root נבל is related to נפל‎.<fn>See <multilink><a href="CassutoShemo .../a></multilink> who lists fourteen possible meanings of the letters of the root.</fn>

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Dictionary:חֹזֶה/0
...same way that ראיה (a proof, or sometimes a legal proof) is related to the root ראה. In both pairs, the verb means to see and the noun refers to a publ

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 19/0
<li>The root “ידע“ (to know, sometime <li>As with the usage of the word “איש,”, the various usages of the root "ידע" hint to the idea that the knowledge and power that people seek may

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Two Accounts of Creation: Bereshit 1–2/1/en
...א" is used 6 times in the first version and never in the second, while the root "יצר" appears three times in the latter and never in the former.</fn></l

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Dictionary:זוד/0
...apparent contradiction, commentators debate the precise definition of the root זוד (and the nature of its relationship to the singular meaning of וַ� ...:29 is unconnected to this meaning and comes from the completely different root of נזד.</li>

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Parashat Bechukotai/Questions
...ata-aht="page">Shemittah </a>that its non-observance is singled out as the root cause of the nation's ultimate exile?</li>

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Literary Devices – Shemot 8/0
...ve</a> and <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2388">verbal root</a> "חזק" repeat in the narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obst ...href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/887">concordance</a> that this root is somewhat rare. It is used  in the plague narrative to describe the

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Selective Memory/2
...sef, exegetes grapple with the meaning of "לֹא יָדַע" in our verse. As the root <a href="Dictionary:ידע" data-aht="page">ידע</a> can generally take o <point>The root <a href="Dictionary:ידע" data-aht="page">ידע</a> – R. Saadia co

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 18/0
...g/TanakhLab/Bereshit/18/1/18/33">Tanakh Lab</a> demonstrates that the root “צחק” is the word that appears with the greatest frequency in this c ...to the rest of Tanakh. This root is accompanied by two appearances of the root "רוץ" (to run). Together they connote the enthusiasm of Avraham in greet

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כי בדבר אשר זדו עליהם – Power and Justice/1
<li>What is the root and meaning of <a href="Dictionary:זוד" data-aht="page">"זָדוּ"</a>

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Literary Devices – Shemot 7/0
...ve</a> and <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2388">verbal root</a> "חזק" repeat in the narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obst ...neral discussion of the phenomenon of keywords, mentioning the role of the root "כבד", and R. Nathaniel Helfgot's <a href="https://lib.cet.ac.il/pages/i

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 33/5
...e, "He strove (vayyasar) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r,] just like shav, qam and ras that have [third p

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 32/5
...e, "He strove (vayyasar) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r,] just like shav, qam and ras that have [third p

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 50/0
...nce/6485">concordance</a> that, with one exception, all appearances of the root (and the related noun פקיד) in Sefer Bereshit are found in the Yosef na ...nt), and “פקיד” (agent) . The various usages and different contexts<fn>The root first appears in Bereshit 39:4-5, when Yosef is appointed to a position of

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Dictionary:זד – זדון/0
...likely influenced many medieval commentators in their understanding of the root זדון.

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Literary Devices – Shemot 4/0
...lth with which the nation leaves Egypt.<fn>The first four instances of the root relate to the oppressive famine that initially sent the Israelites to Egypt ...ve</a> and <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2388">verbal root</a> "חזק" repeat in the narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obst

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Ephod – Appearance/1
<li>"שְׁתֵּי כְתֵפֹת" – What are "כְתֵפֹת"? The root "כתף" means shoulder or side, but is the verse referring to shoulder str ...hemot 26:1, 26:31, 28:6 or 28:15.</fn> referring to skilled work (from the root "חשב", meaning to think), shed light on its appearance?</li>

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 21/0
...e <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/6711">concordance</a>, the root plays a role throughout the Yitzchak narratives, starting with the divine p ...of natural law in Yitzchak’s birth.  Later in the narrative, the same root refers to Yishmael’s scorn of moral law.  .</li>

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 10/0
<li>Keyword –  At the end of Bemidbar 10, the root “טוב” appears five times in a span of just four verses (29-32). This ...complaints of the Israelites and the commandment of tzitzit.<fn>The root "תור" appears 12 times in the narrative of the spies, once at the end of

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Dictionary:חדה/0
...a></multilink> that Yitro circumcised himself with a sharp sword (from the root חד). For more on whether Yitro converted, see <a href="Yitro – Religio

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 40/0
...pter, see the concordance that, with one exception, all appearances of the root (and the related noun פקיד) in Sefer Bereshit are found in the Yosef na ...nt), and “פקיד” (agent) . The various usages and different contexts<fn>The root first appears in Bereshit 39:4-5, when Yosef is appointed to a position of

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Dictionary:שאל/0
There are two cases where the meaning of the root is debated:<fn>In each of these two instances, both the pa'al and <i ...en the verb's accompanying prepositions in its different usages. When the root means to request something that it is not to be returned it is followed by

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 50/0
...rg/Concordance/1058">concordance</a> reveals that of 16 occurrences of the root "בכה" in Sefer Bereshit, a full 10 appear in the Yosef narratives.</li>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 4/5
...e, "He strove (vayyasar) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r,] just like shav, qam and ras that have [third p

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Appointing Moshe's Assistants/1
...judicial like in Shemot. All three accounts share different forms of the root נשא and discuss Moshe's inability to carry the burden of the nation.</fn

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Literary Devices – Shemot 12/0
...lth with which the nation leaves Egypt.<fn>The first four instances of the root relate to the oppressive famine that initially sent the Israelites to Egypt ...ve</a> and <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2388">verbal root</a> "חזק" repeat in the narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obst

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Literary Devices – Shemot 9/0
..."כבד" in Torah<fn>One can check both the adjective and verbal forms of the root.</fn> reveals how it appears throughout the Exodus narrative, marking key p ...ve</a> and <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2388">verbal root</a> "חזק" repeat in the narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obst

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 44/0
...concordance, toggle to the advanced mode and in the first field input the root "נגש" and in the second input "אמר".</fn> reveals that the phrase "ו ...//mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/1589">concordance </a>demonstrates that the root "גנב" occurs in only two sets of stories in Sefer Bereshit, in the inter

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Dictionary:חזה/0
...ta-aht="parshan">About Prof. U. Cassuto</a></multilink> who notes that the root ראה also sometimes means to choose, and see <a href="Advice and Implemen

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 11/0
...antly repeated word relative to the rest of Bereshit.</fn>  This root is used to ironic effect: the people use it to initiate the processes of ba ...f Tanakh.<fn>It appears three times in this short unit.</fn> Here too, the root is used ironically: the people express their desire to build a tower “les

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Yaakov's Parting Words to Shimon and Levi/1
...(to sell), the word להכיר (to recognize), or does it stem from a different root?  Either way, how does it affect the meaning of the metaphor?</li> ...ֵּחַד" be translated?  Is it related to "חדוה" (happiness), or to the root "יחד" (to be united or come together)? Regardless, to what secret counci

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 43/0
...rah.org/Concordance">Concordance</a> – The concordance shows that the root "<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/6148">ערב</a>" appears in

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Literary Devices – Shemot 10/0
...ve</a> and <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2388">verbal root</a> "חזק" repeat in the narrative, referring on one hand to Paroh's obst

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Literary Devices – Bemidbar 11/0
Bemidbar 10 ends with a five-fold repetition of the root "טוב" (good). At the beginning of Bemidbar 11, there is a shift to the w The root אסף (to gather) appears six times in the chapter as a verb, and one more

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 39/0
...nce/6485">concordance</a> that, with one exception, all appearances of the root (and the related noun פקיד) in Sefer Bereshit are found in the Yosef na ...nt), and “פקיד” (agent) . The various usages and different contexts<fn>The root first appears in Bereshit 39:4-5, when Yosef is appointed to a position of

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 41/0
...nce/6485">concordance</a> that, with one exception, all appearances of the root (and the related noun פקיד) in Sefer Bereshit are found in the Yosef na ...nt), and “פקיד” (agent) . The various usages and different contexts<fn>The root first appears in Bereshit 39:4-5, when Yosef is appointed to a position of

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Dictionary:לאה/0
...Rashbam adduces support also from a number of the other occurrences of the root לאה (Yeshayahu 15:12, Yirmeyahu 20:9, and Iyyov 4:2) where it appears in

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 12/0
...un "ארץ" appears seven times, and the root "הלך" five times.  This reflec In verses 2-3, the concept of "blessing" appears 5 times (the root "ברך" is mentioned 4 times,

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 23/0
<li>Status – The use of the same root, <aht-lit color="blue" weight="normal" group1="Parallels" item1="0">"ישב ...ame is mentioned this totals 13, the same number as the occurrences of the root קבר.</fn>-->The fuller phrase "אֲחֻזָּה קֶבֶר", conn

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Commentators:R. Avraham Saba (Tzeror HaMor)/0
...forced conversion of Portuguese Jewry (1497); Saba hid his writings in the root of an olive tree after the decree requiring Jews to bring all of their book

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 34/0
...s in the context of circumcision, another guiding word in the unit.<fn>The root appears five times, making it over 100 times more prevalent here than elsew .../a> p.156-157, who suggests that the choice of and emphasis on the unusual root "אות" might be due to its similarity to the word "אות", a sign, which

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Purpose of Orlah/2
...sh faith.  As such, it is possible that by choosing specifically this root in forbidding the fruit, the Torah is subtly reminding the people not to en ...רל" means "sealed" or "closed". Ramban suggests that since Tanakh uses the root "פתח" to describe a fruit's first appearance on a tree,<fn>See Shir HaSh

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 12/0
...(11:25, 12:5), Hashem is angry (11:10, 12:9), there is repeated use of the root “‎‏אסף” and there mention of imprisonment and banishment

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 22/0
<li>Articles – For discussion of the role played by the root "הלך" in both this unit and the larger Avraham narratives, see י. גר� <li>ראה – The root “ראה” (to see) appears five times in this chapter (in verses 4,8,13,

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Literary Devices – Shemot 15/0
...d up.</fn>  and קמיך  (enemies) in verse 7, which relates to the root "קום" (to get up).</li>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 33/0
.../mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/6298"> concordance</a> demonstrates that the root "פגש" appears only four times in Torah, twice in each of these stories,

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What Distinguishes the Chatat and Asham/2
...mentioned in the context of purification (sometimes being parallel to the root "טהר") including <a href="Vayikra14-48-52" data-aht="source">Vayikra 14: ...fer 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

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 31/0
...el’s stealing of Lavan’s household idols.  The repeated usage of this root emphasizes the web of deceit, suspicion, and mistrust that characterizes th

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Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Kedoshim/0/en
<li>R. Hirsch explains that the root "קדש" means to separate.  How does this work with his understanding

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 33/0
...hit33-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 33:4</a> ("חבק") sounds similar to the root word for “struggle” ("אבק") in Yaakov’s encounter with the angel i

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Channah's Prayer and David's Song/0
<li>These are the only two cases (in addition to Tehillim 18:33,40) where the root אזר is used to describe Hashem giving strength to man.</li>

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 32/0
...hit33-4" data-aht="source">Bereshit 33:4</a> ("חבק") sounds similar to the root word for “struggle” ("אבק") in Yaakov’s encounter with the angel i

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 2-3/0
..."‎ 17‎‎ ‎ times.</fn> the verb "אכל" (eat),<fn>The root appears 21 times.</fn> and the nouns "עץ" (tree) and "גן" (garden).<fn> <li>For exploration of the importance of the repetition of the root ערם in these chapters, see <a href="The Tree of Knowledge" data-aht="pag

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 45/0
...rg/Concordance/1058">concordance</a> reveals that of 16 occurrences of the root "בכה" in Sefer Bereshit, a full 10 appear in the Yosef narratives.</li>

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Mizmor 24: Ascending God's Mountain/1
...ting their heads"? If this refers to the opening of gates, why not use the root "פתח" (open) or an equivalent?</li>

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Literary Devices – Shemot 13/0
...Using the concordance to trace the usage of both the adjective and verbal root in Torah demonstrates that it repeats throughout the Exodus narrative, refe

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 40/0
...ordance/2492">concordance</a> highlights that of the 14 occurrences of the root "חלם" in Sefer Bereshit, 13 appear in the Yosef narratives, highlighting

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Dictionary:נצל – הציל/0
Forms of the root נצל appear over 200 times in Tanakh with the vast majority being in the

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 32/0
.../mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/6298"> concordance</a> demonstrates that the root "פגש" appears only four times in Torah, twice in each of these stories,

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Literary Devices – Shemot 1/0
...ss. 13–14)<fn>While the root "עבד" appears over 1,200 times in Tanakh, the root "פרך" appears only four times outside this chapter.</fn> as Paroh reacts The root <aht-lit color="green" group1="Lead" item1="4">חיה</aht-lit> appears 5 t

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Purpose of the Captive Woman Protocol/1
...of fingernails (ציפורנים) in the entire Torah, and the only other time the root appears in the rest of Tanakh is in <a href="Yirmeyahu17-1" data-aht="sourc

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Shabbat Table Topics – Parashat Behar/0/en
...rce">Vayikra 26</a> singles out the non-observance of Shemittah as the the root cause of the nation's ultimate exile from the land of Israel.<fn>In fact, a

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 4/0
...ugh, in addition to the three mentions in the story of Hevel's murder, the root also appears twice in the genealogy list of the second half of the chapter,

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Realia:שְׂלָו – Fish or Fowl/0
...m II 4:34 where the doubling of the root is also lost. Alternatively, the root simply means "to bring"; see Rashi Bemidbar 11:31.</fn> and it thus unders ...ַּעַל הָאַרְבֶּה עַל כָּל אֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם" in Shemot 10:12,14 in which the root עלה is used to describe the visitation / invasion of a swarm of locust.<

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Nature of the Pre-Shemittah Blessing of the Produce/1/en
...-aht="source">Vayikra 26</a> single out non-observance of Shemittah as the root cause of the nation's ultimate exile,<fn>In fact, according to Rashbam, all

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Dictionary:חֹתֵן – חֹתֶנֶת/0
...uld be redundant. In contrast, see Shadal in the note above.</fn> If the root <a href="Dictionary:חתן – התחתן" data-aht="page">חתן</a> descr

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Moshe's Killing of the Egyptian/1/en
<li>Does the root הכה have the same connotation in both verses of "מַכֶּה אִישׁ

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"לֹא תְבַשֵּׁל גְּדִי בַּחֲלֵב אִמּוֹ"/2
...stands "תְבַשֵּׁל" according to its most common meaning, "to cook".<fn>The root "בשל" appears 28 times as a verb and twice more as an adjective.  W ...to contradict himself in <a href="MachberetMenachemחלב" data-aht="source">root חלב</a>, implying there that חלב is animal milk.</fn> Dunash cited by

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 42/0
...<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/5234">earlier usages of this root</a> throughout the narratives of deception that run through Yaakov’s stor

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כי בדבר אשר זדו עליהם – Power and Justice/0
<li>What is the root and meaning of <a href="Dictionary:זוד" data-aht="page">"זָדוּ"</a>

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Two Accounts which Yitro Heard/2
...ected to the Exodus, Sforno explains that the root שמע (in contrast to the root ראה) refers to past rather than ongoing events, and that the Exodus shou ...rom an enemy, and is consistent with its standard Biblical meaning.<fn>The root of הציל is used in Tanakh to refer to salvation from a predator or an e

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Channah's Prayer/1/en
...petitionary prayer.<fn>For a full listing of the Biblical verses, see the root <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/6419">"פלל" in the Concord

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Dictionary:נצל – הציל/5
...one of the root letters, and the grammatical form of the noun of the same root is נִצּוּל which is of the strong (dageshed) forms, just as דִּב

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 31/0
...Formula" in Go Forth and Learn: A Passover Haggadah, notes that the root words of גרות, עבדות ועינוי, which appear in the Covenant Be

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Nature of the Bondage/2
...that the word "פָרֶךְ" relates to "breaking"<fn>Shadal points to the same root in Aramaic as proof, and to the similar usage in <a href="Vayikra25-43 ...mean "stop"<fn>He claims that the word "פָרֹכֶת" comes from the same root, as per its function as a barrier, dividing between two areas.</fn> and exp

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Dictionary:דרש/0
The root דרש appears in 164 places in Tanakh and is used consistently with the me

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 3/0
Exploring the various appearances of both the root "ידע" and the phrase "ידע טוב ורע" helps one gain further ...at demonstrate the various connotations of knowledge in Tanakh.  This root word can relate to: a) skilled knowledge b) intent or will c) knowledge of

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Mizmor 145: Transcendence and Immanence/0
<li>The frame – The root "ברכ" appears four times in the cha <li> Stanza 1 – In verses 3-6 the root "גדול" appears three times, twice

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 25/0
...ttps://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/7065">concordance</a> to see where the root <a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/7065">קנא</a> (to be

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Kayin – Intentional or Unintentional Murderer/2/en
<point>"וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ" – All other Biblical cases of the root "הרג" refer to intentional murder.<fn>According to some, Bereshit 4:23 m

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Sinning with Quail/2
...root א.ס.פ appears continuously throughout Bemidbar 11. In Shemot 16, the root ל.ק.ט is used. Both of these verbs express the action of gathering. <mul ...arsha (Yoma 75a), and Daat Zekeinim (Bemidbar 11) all explain how the root of דגה can also mean sexual relations. (See Bereishit 48:16)</fn> Longin

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 17/0
<li>"וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ" – In verse 20, Hashem plays with the root "שמע".  Yishmael's name means "God will hear", and Hashem tells Avr

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Nature of the Chatat/1
...ing that this is the end goal of the process.  What, though, does the root "כפר" mean and what does it suggest is the primary purpose of bringing a

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 41/0
...ordance/2492">concordance</a> highlights that of the 14 occurrences of the root "חלם" in Sefer Bereshit, 13 appear in the Yosef narratives, highlighting

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Kayin – Intentional or Unintentional Murderer/2/he
<point>"וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ" – All other Biblical cases of the root "הרג" refer to intentional murder.<fn>According to some, Bereshit 4:23 m

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Purpose of Shemittah/1/en
...Vayikra 26</a>, where it is singled out in the blessings and curses as the root cause of the nation's ultimate exile:<fn>In fact, according to <multilink><

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Nature of the Chatat/2
<point>"וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו" – These sources define the root "כפר" in various manners, reflecting two understandings of what is accom ...Chatat, he is "מסיר חטא החוטא." Ramban argues against this reading of the root כפר, pointing out that the Torah never uses the language "לכפר א

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Nimrod/2
...a negative figure.  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.  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>Meaning of Asham – 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>מִרְיָם – Possibly derived from the same root as מְרָרִי, although the final ם is unexplained.</li>

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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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A Three Day Journey/1/en
...of the Firstborn, was he expelling them permanently (as the usages of the root גרש‎<fn>See <a href="Shemot6-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 6:1</a>,

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 27/0
<li>Blessing – Not surprisingly, given the focus of the chapter, the root "ברך" and noun <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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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 <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?  How does it compare to religious an

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Ephod – Appearance/2
...f  "אֵפֹד" – Rashi is not explicit, but appears to understand the root "אפד" to mean to adorn or decorate, writing, "והאפוד שם תכשי <point>Meaning of "אֵפֹד" – 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"‎<fn>Shadal notes that the Samaritan text reads "ויחבק". ...ggle.</fn> Ramban raises the possibility that it is related instead to the root חבק.‎<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"‎<fn>Shadal notes that the Samaritan text reads "ויחבק". ...ggle.</fn> Ramban raises the possibility that it is related instead to the root חבק.‎<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"‎<fn>Shadal notes that the Samaritan text reads "ויחבק". ...ggle.</fn> Ramban raises the possibility that it is related instead to the root חבק.‎<fn>See <a href="BavliChulin91a_2" data-aht="source">Bavli Ch

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Yerovam's Rebellion/2
... – 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.  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 Devices – Bereshit 49/0
...://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/7852">concordance</a> highlights that this root appears only twice more in Torah, once in reference to Esav's relationship

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Yaakov's Parting Words to Shimon and Levi/2
...lling" (מגורותיהם) or "origins".  As evidence, Ibn Ezra points to the root's usage in the phrase "מְכֹרֹתַיִךְ וּמֹלְדֹתַיִך� ...ם".  He suggests that the word means "negotiations" (perhaps from the root "מכר," to sell) and that Yaakov is saying that the brothers' covenant an

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 4/0
.../mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/6298"> concordance</a> demonstrates that the root "פגש" appears only four times in Torah, twice in each of these stories,

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Tanakh and the Ancient Near East Index – Parashat Shemot/0
...s</a>, by J. Gwyn Grifiths, for analysis of suggestions about the Egyptian root of the name and the weaknesses of various theories. </li>

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Seeing Hashem/1
...  Under what circumstances will this lead to death? Finally, does the root "ראה" mean the same thing in all of these verses, or should it be unders

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Yaakov's Retrospective and Yosef's Double Portion/2
...anel suggest that the word "מַפְרְךָ" alluded to Ephraim due to the shared root, while the word "וְהִרְבִּיתִךָ" hinted to the future conques ...milarity to the name Ephraim is less striking.</fn> whose name shares that root.<fn>Both Or HaChayyim and Abarbanel point this out, though neither reads th

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Arei Miklat – Cities of Refuge or Exile/2
...ho asserts that the paired words are opposites and that the meaning of the root there might be connected to ערי מקלט as well.] In Arabic, the word "

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Grammar:Number/0
...ן יחיד אצל לשון רבים" and see below that many say this with regards to the root "היה" specifically.</fn> and do not attempt to explain the various cases ...</fn> note that the phenomenon is especially prevalent with regards to the root "היה".</li>

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Ahavat Hashem/2
...understanding of love is supported by the many Biblical occurrences of the root in the context of interpersonal relationships and emotional attachment.<fn> ...al's definition.<fn>See above notes for other examples in Tanakh where the root "אהב" is used in this fashion.</fn></point>

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Shomerim/2
...of some sort caused by brigands,<fn>Note that in all other cases where the root "שבה" is found in Tanakh, the object is taken captive, not harmed and th

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Eliyahu's Death/1/en
Is the root "לקח" simply euphemistic language for death, or are the people suggestin

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Purpose of the Captive Woman Protocol/2
...im her nails. This understanding is supported by the parallel usage of the root "עשה" in <a href="ShemuelII19-25" data-aht="source">Shemuel II 19:25</a> ...hbam</a>, that this refers to the initial act of marital relations.<fn>The root is understood to refer to conjugal pleasure as in the verse, "שְׁאֵר�

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Hagar – How Many Pregnancies/5
...result of this pregnancy." There are some grammarians who believe that the root of the word here is similar to a four-lettered verb.

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Shekhem and Dinah – Amnon and Tamar/0
..."color: #008000;">Rape – Though one would expect to find the root "ענה" in a story of rape, the combined roots of "שכב" and "ענה" ap

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Rachel and Channah/0
...>Hashem remembering – These are the only two women in Tanakh where the root "זכר" is used to express Hashem's remembering of them.<fn>In the other c

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Literary Devices – Shemot 14/0
...e times each in Shemot 14 as the story culminates.  Here, though, the root "כבד"  describe how Hashem will be honored through the miracle.&#16

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Kayin and Yonah/0
<li>Though the root "חרה" appears many times in Tanakh,

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Mordechai's Refusal to Bow/2
...a more extensive list.</fn> rather than gods.<fn>He even suggests that the root "כרע" is just a variation of "כנע".</fn> He does not, though, address ...phet of God.  See, though, the Hoil Moshe above who suggests that the root כרע simply means submission and thus if one expands the pool of occurren

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Banishment of Hagar and Yishmael/2
...in <a href="Bereshit39-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 39:17</a>, where the root "צחק" suggests sexual activity.</fn></li> ...mot6-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 6:1</a> where the word is parallel to the root "שלח" and both refer to Paroh's freeing of the Nation of Israel.  S

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Sin of the Golden Calf in Shemot and Devarim/0
...The verb appears only twice more in the entire book.]  Similarly, the root "מרה" appears three times in the unit (out of only eight times in all of

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Achashverosh's Shock and Fury/2
...207;לְאַבְּדָם‎",<fn>There are no clear examples in Tanakh where the root "אבד" refers to enslavement, but R"Y Grossman (see above note) attempts ...ְּאֶרֶץ אַשּׁוּר"‎<fn>See Yeshayahu 27:13.</fn> as evidence that the root "אבד" can refer to exile and he thereby suggests that Haman told the kin

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Sefer Yonah and the Sin of the Calf/0
...s in Tanakh, but in only Shemot and Yonah is the phrase accompanied by the root "נחם".</li>

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 11/0
...(11:25, 12:5), Hashem is angry (11:10, 12:9), there is repeated use of the root “‎‏אסף” and there mention of imprisonment and banishment

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Deconstructing Migdal Bavel/2/en
<point>"יָזְמוּ" – The root of this word might be either זמם which in Biblical Hebrew frequently car ...source">Bereshit 10</a> of the branching out of the nations, with the same root נפץ (scatter) appearing in both chapters. While Chapter 10 merely noted

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Yaakov's Blessing of Yosef/2
...ce of strength and his arms as being mighty ("וַיָּפֹזּוּ")‎.<fn>The root פזז also appears in <a href="ShemuelII6-14-16" data-aht="source">Shemuel ...ggests that the root כרכר  relates to movement of the legs, while the root פזז relates to movement of the arms.</fn> and explains that despite the

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Revelation to the Elders at Sinai/2
...both the roots "אצל" and "זקן", recalling our episode in Shemot 24.<fn>The root "אצל" as a noun or verb appears only 7 times in all of Tanakh, three of ...re so called because Hashem's spirit was set upon them. Alternatively, the root is related to the Arabic 'asil, meaning "noble" or "of known stock".

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Choice of Yerushalayim/2
...ssibility that it stems from the root "צין" which is related to the Arabic root "צון", meaning to watch or guard. According to such a derivation the nam

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 7-11/0
<li>The root "<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/8317">שרץ</a>" appears in

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Miryam's Critique of Moshe in Art/0
...d her as an "other", ripe for ridicule?<fn>This, of course, relates to the root cause of Miryam and Aharon's slander.  Was it at all connected to the

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Biblical Parallels Index – Shemot 12/0
...tps://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2649">חפזון</a>" and the related verbal root "<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/2648">חפז</a>".  Whi

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Hagar Flees in Art/5
...result of this pregnancy." There are some grammarians who believe that the root of the word here is similar to a four-lettered verb.</text>

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Reparations and Despoiling Egypt/2/en
According to this approach, the root <a href="Dictionary:שאל" data-aht="page">שאל</a> in this story means ...oint>"וַיְנַצְּלוּ" / "וְנִצַּלְתֶּם" – R. Hirsch explains that the root means to remove from one's self,<fn>Cf. Ibn Janach s.v. נצל.</fn> and th

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 1/0
...n>" (create) appear in the unit 10 and 6 times respectively, it is the root "היה" (to be) that is most p

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Realia:Stones of the Choshen/0
...ociation, pointing out that the the "נ" of "נפך" appears to be part of the root. See, though, R"Y Yankelewitz (ibid) who attempts to bring textual support ...in ancient times.  Alternatively, the word might be connected to the root "הלל", meaning to shine, which might point specifically to a clear varie

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Stopping of the Sun at Givon/2
...parallel to the verb "stand".  Ibn Balaam, instead, suggests that the root really means to be quiet, but has the secondary connotation of standing sti

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Dictionary:Cognates and Loanwords/0
...there.</fn> have suggested that it comes from the root ברה‎<fn>This root refers to eating, as in <a href="ShemuelII13-5" data-aht="source">Shemuel I ...sentence, "And his gaze upon me was love / loving."<fn>See R. Gordis, “The Root dgl in the Song of Songs,” JBL 88 [1969]: 203-204.</fn></li>

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Yaakov's Dream in Art/0/en
...pax legomenon, appearing only in this story. It is likely derived from the root סלל (to lift or elevate), and it can thus sustain a number of meanings i

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Eliyahu and Yonah/0
...ת."‎<fn>The meaning of the phrase is debated by commentators. As the root "חרש" relates to being silent or deaf, here it could mean either a deafe

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Purpose of the Yehuda and Tamar Story/2
...Yaakov Mecklenburg</a></multilink> suggests that Shelah is related to the root שלה which means to mislead, and that it is indicative of Yehuda's later ...n, altruistically offering himself in Binyamin's stead. Interestingly, the root ערב appears in only two stories in Torah - the pledge of our chapter and

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Yehuda's Blessing – Eternal Kingship/2
...t>"מְחֹקֵק" – Although all of these exegetes relate the word to the root חקק and חֹק, they differ regarding to whom this phrase refers: ...a son or descendant. Sforno suggests that "שִׁילֹה" is related both to the root שול and the word שלום and thus refers to the final era of peace (i.e

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Literary Devices – Shemot 32/0
...the sounds "ב/פרע" throughout the chapter, all related to or recalling the root "רע".‎<fn>The words are not all etymologically connected and stem f

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MiMachorat HaShabbat/2
...cognate rather than simply use a date.  Y. Elitzur suggests that the root "שבת" serves as a guiding word throughout this unit of Vayikra and as su ...ten, even within one verse, the text might play with words, using the same root for different understandings.<fn>Amongst R. Saadia's many examples, see Vay

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The Tree of Knowledge/2/en
...deration at the forefront, concluding from context and other usages of the root "ידע", that here it refers not to knowledge but to sexual desire. His ap ...oot "דעת" – These sources point to the many places in Tanakh where the root ידע connotes sexual relations<fn>For a few of many examples, see <a href

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Literary Devices – Shemot 2/0
...the second half, marking Moshe's transition from child to adult.  The root "בת" runs throughout, perhaps highlighting the important role played by w

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Dictionary:לאה/5
<h3 xml:lang="EN">Machberet Menachem Root ל.א.</h3>

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Dictionary:תְּלָאָה/5
<h3 xml:lang="EN">Machberet Menachem Root ל.א.</h3>

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The Tree of Knowledge/2/he
...deration at the forefront, concluding from context and other usages of the root "ידע", that here it refers not to knowledge but to sexual desire. His ap ...oot "דעת" – These sources point to the many places in Tanakh where the root ידע connotes sexual relations<fn>For a few of many examples, see <a href

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בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/2/en
...abduction or taking by force (and not just marriage).<fn>Verses where the root might take this connotation include Bereshit 12:15 (the taking of Sarai to ...because others have the sensation that they will fall upon them (from the root נפל)‎.<fn>Cf. Ibn Ezra who asserts that they are so called since f

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Why is the Goat Sent to Azazel/2
...ּאֵל" in Yehoshua 18:27.</fn> He suggests that the word is formed from the root עוז‎,<fn>Cf. the second opinion in <multilink><a href="BavliYoma67 ...tra letter but the entire ending of the word that is unrelated to the main root. N. Tur-Sinai, in "עזאזל", Eretz Israel 1 (1951): 77-80 attempts to su

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בני הא־להים and בנות האדם/2/he
...abduction or taking by force (and not just marriage).<fn>Verses where the root might take this connotation include Bereshit 12:15 (the taking of Sarai to ...because others have the sensation that they will fall upon them (from the root נפל)‎.<fn>Cf. Ibn Ezra who asserts that they are so called since f

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The Story of the Spies in Bemidbar and Devarim/2
...whole.</fn> of each chapter highlights their differing emphases.  The root "תור" appears 12 times in Sefer Bemidbar (and only once in Devarim), mak

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Lot's Wife and Her Fate/2
...nted officer, not an inanimate figure.</fn> and it could be related to the root יצב which means to stand.</point>

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Purpose of the Trumpet Blowing/2
...e for gathering.  The word "תרועה", on the other hand, comes from the root "רעע", meaning to break, appropriate for movement.</fn></point>

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Dictionary:Changing Meanings/0
...an">About R. David Zvi Hoffmann</a></multilink> asserts that in Torah this root means to restrain.  The holiday immediately following Sukkot and the l ...h, too, it means fist.<fn>R. Hoffmann suggests that it is connected to the root "גרף" which means to gather in the hand. This verb, though, appears only

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A Portrait of Yishmael/2
...in <a href="Bereshit39-17" data-aht="source">Bereshit 39:17</a>, where the root "צחק" suggests sexual behavior.</fn> the three cardinal sins in Judaism.

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Historical Setting of Tehillim 30/2
...e comes up only once more, in Malakhi 3:14.</fn> and crying.<fn>The verbal root "בכה" and the noun "בכי" appear repeatedly throughout the Yosef narra

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Beit HaMikdash and Beit Shelomo/2
...hat the word "מֶחֱזָה", which appears only in these verses, comes from the root "חזה" meaning "to see", leading to the possibility that they were mirror

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Yeshayahu's Mission in Chapter 6/2
...o mean "‎‏‎נכרתי".‎<fn>Rashi and Rid points to the root's usage in Tzefanya 1:11, "כִּי נִדְמָה כׇּל עַם �

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Structure – Sefer Shemot/0
<li>The root "נטה" is mentioned sixteen times in the unit.<fn>It appears by every mir ...ortrays man doing Hashem's bidding and Hashem fulfilling His promises. The root עשה appears in each:

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Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 6-9/0
...one can choose the specific form "אנשי" by manually toggling between שורש (root) and צורה (form) and inputting "אנשי" rather than "איש" in that

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Shemot 3/Text
...pt" data-aht="page">וְשָׁאֲלָה</a><a href="Dictionary:שאל" data-aht="page">Root שאל</a><a href="Reparations and Despoiling Egypt" data-aht="page">Repara

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Permission to Eat Meat/2/en
...on of the other, leading to their subservience.  See the usage of the root in <a href="Vayikra25-39-43" data-aht="source">Vayikra 25:43</a>, <a href="

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Purpose of Akeidat Yitzchak/2/en
...of reverence and obedience.<fn>Ralbag is not consistent in explaining the root "נסה" in this manner.  In <a href="Shemot20-16" data-aht="source">S ...ot 17:7</a>, "עַל רִיב בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְעַל נַסֹּתָם אֶת י"י" where the root is connected to weariness and strife.</fn> Since Avraham's interactions wit

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Yeshayahu's Visions of Mashiach/2
...eshayahu includes an element of solace by prophesying that there remains a root underground that will give forth the shoot of Yishai and lead to the coming

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Giving One's Seed to Molekh/2
...נו" (‎"לעבר", to impregnate).<fn>Note that while this meaning of the root עבר is common in rabbinic (and modern) Hebrew, it is only found in one o

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Permission to Eat Meat/2/he
...on of the other, leading to their subservience.  See the usage of the root in <a href="Vayikra25-39-43" data-aht="source">Vayikra 25:43</a>, <a href="

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Duration of the Egyptian Exile/2
...of the Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvot</a><a href="RambanSHM1" data-aht="source">Root 1</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan" ...of the Rambam's Sefer HaMitzvot</a><a href="RambanSHM1" data-aht="source">Root 1</a><a href="R. Moshe b. Nachman (Ramban, Nachmanides)" data-aht="parshan"

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Why Couldn't David Build the Beit HaMikdash/2
.../b> – Hashem ends his speech to David with a twofold promise, that He will root Israel in security (verse 10) and give David a dynasty (verse 12).  In

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Yitro's Visit – Purpose and Significance/2/en
...was not responsible for the visit itself. This distinction may lie at the root of Rashbam's interpretation of 18:1,10 (see <a href="Two Accounts which Yit

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Divine Plurals/2
...ntion of other beings.<fn>R"Y Bekhor Shor goes further to suggest that the root  "עשה" does not mean to create at all, but rather to fix that which

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Yaakov's Dream/2
...a hapax legomenon, whose meaning is unclear. It might stem from the Hebrew root סלל which relates to a path or ramp. Others relate "סֻלָּם" to the

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The Manna in Art/5
...t by מקלף peeled (flaky), taking מחספס in the sense of, and from a similar root as, (<a class="source" title="Bereshit 30:37" dat

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Purpose of the Service of Vayikra 16/2
...פר בעד החטא" or "בעד נפשותיכם" and the like. As such, he suggests that the root is related to the word "כופר" and means redeem. The ceremony serves as

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Mizmor 24: Ascending God's Mountain/2
...),<fn>The two sections are further connected through the repetition of the root "נשא".</fn> highlighting the search of each for the other.</point>

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The Exodus in Art/5
...o stay long enough for the dough to become leavened. משארתם (from the root שאר "to be left over") denotes the leavings (what was left) of the unlea

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Haggadah:Ha Lachma Anya/2
...60; As support, he points to Rashi Shemot 12:11 who appears to connect the root "פסח" with "חפזון":‎ "לפיכך תאכלו אותו בחפז

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Emancipating the Slaves/2
...0; The religious incentive alone would not have been strong enough to take root if it were not for the fact that emancipation also had political and econom

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Elisha and the Son of the Shunamite/2
...er a son; she feared only that the son might not survive to adulthood. The root "כזב" takes the meaning disappoint rather than lie.</point>

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Purpose of the Shulchan and Lechem HaPanim/2
...and prevent mold.<fn>According to Rashi the word "יֻסַּךְ" comes from the root סכך, to cover.  Thus, the phrase, "אֲשֶׁר יֻסַּךְ בָ

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Overview – Sefer Yonah/0
..." highlight the theme of Hashem's providence? Explore the usage of the root "טול" in Chapter 1 as well. How does it similarly express this id

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Grammar:Person/0
...tense "תַּמּוּ" (with the extra "נ" marking the missing double "מ" of the root, תמם).<fn>See Ibn Ezra.</fn> The clause would translate as: "The kindnes

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Yosef, Esther, and Daniel/0
...יו וַיְבַקֵּשׁ מִשַּׂר הַסָּרִיסִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא יִתְגָּאָל". The use of the root "גאל" makes it difficult to pinpoint Daniel's precise concern with the r

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Purpose of the Laws of Hybrids/2
...of "כִּלְאָיִם" – Ibn Kaspi suggests that "כִּלְאָיִם" relates to the root  "כלא"  which means to restrain or withhold.  The laws ar

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Words with Multiple Meanings/5
...didst plant it. (10) Thou didst clear a place before it, And it took deep root, and filled the land. (11) The mountains were covered with the shadow of it

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Navot's Vineyard and Achav's Punishment/2
...ary to Hashem's specific rebuke regarding Navot, in which he explained the root of the issue: "לֹא הָיָה כְאַחְאָב אֲשֶׁר הִתְמ

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David and Avigayil in Art/0
...וִד אֶת חַרְבּוֹ".</fn> while, in tandem, three times the text employs the root "מהר" to describe Avigayil's reaction.<fn>See<a href="ShemuelI25" data-a

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Ehud's Assassination of Eglon/2
...refers to Eglon's excrement, or perhaps to part of his intestines.<fn>The root "פרש" elsewhere in Torah refers to bodily secretions. See, for example,

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Gidon's Testing of Hashem/2
...ize of the army, Hashem tells Gidon, "וְאֶצְרְפֶנּוּ לְךָ שָׁם".  The root צרף has the connotation of purifying, suggesting that in differentiating

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Purpose of Shemittah/2
...Shemittah year are referred to as a  "Shabbat".<fn>In Vayikra 25, the root "שבת" appears seven times in the context of the Shemittah year.</fn></li

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Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah/2/en
.... Eliezer. Ralbag, in contrast, brings support from other instances of the root "נסה".</fn> <multilink><a href="RalbagShemot15P25" data-aht="source">Ral

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Literary Devices – Bereshit 17/5
...aham ibn Ezra explained in the name of the Nagid that the name is from the root shodeid, meaning "victor and prevailer over the hosts of heaven." Th

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Did Shemuel Come Back to Life/2
...Shaul "knew" it was Shemuel even though it was not really him because the root "ידע" can also mean to believe.<fn>In truth, all of these positions woul

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Dictionary:זוד/5
...mselves wicked. Our Rabbis, however, explained it in the same sense as the root which we find in (<a class="source" data-book="En

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Rachel/0
...ta-aht="parshan">About R. Avraham ibn Ezra</a></multilink> understands the root "פתל" to mean to wrestle or struggle, seeing Rachel as explicitly mentio

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Petition of the Two and a Half Tribes/2
...alth.  R"E Samet (ibid) also points out that the text's choice of the root קנה further focuses the reader on the quality of possession. Moshe, in c

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Dictionary:זד – זדון/5
...mselves wicked. Our Rabbis, however, explained it in the same sense as the root which we find in (<a class="source" data-book="En

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The Spies – Where Did They Tour/2
...is claim from the choice of verb, "לָתוּר", which he claims relates to the root "תאר" which mean to surround.</fn> Chizkuni and R. Hirsch posit that the

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Channah's Prayer/2
...emidbar 21:7 and Devarim 9:26. However, see also Shemuel II 7:27 where the root appears in the context of David thanking Hashem for promising him a dynasty

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Index:Resource Articles/0
...the different experience of the Akeidah for Avraham and for Sarah, and the root of the difference.</li> ...s view that many mitzvot are intended to uproot idolatry by addressing the root philosophy of idolatry and how it is a timeless theological threat.</li>

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Yosef/0
...word "נַעַר" elsewhere in Tanakh means servant, they assume that here the root is being used as a verb to mean serve.</fn>  Either way, this soured t

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The Roundabout Route and The Road Not Traveled/2
...e">Miracles and Mitzvot at Marah</a>.]  Cf. Philo who understands the root as to "test" and thus writes:  "He was also desirous, by leading them

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Did Moshe Need Yitro's Advice/2/en
...ke in the Midianite system.</fn> and therefore he attempted to address the root of the problem by proposing that the nation receive a Divine civil law code

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Blessings and Curses – Over Which Commandments/2
...amities, is letting the land lie fallow in the Sabbatical years.  The root "שבת" also appears numerous times in both chapters,<fn>See Vayikra 25:1-

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David and Batsheva/2
...Abarbanel claims that the former is more problematic as it strikes at the root of adherence to all commandments.</point>

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Hardened Hearts/2/en
...then, this approach encounters a measure of difficulty in interpreting the root כבד in "כִּי אֲנִי הִכְבַּדְתִּי אֶת לִבּו

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Reuven and Bilhah/2
...hese sources understand the phrase "יְצוּעִי עָלָה".  Pointing to the root "עלה" in <a href="Tehillim102-25" data-aht="source">Tehillim 102:25</a>,

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Purpose of the Pesach/2
...d Yechezkel 9:6-8 which similarly refer to death or destruction (using the root of שחת) wrought by an angel. The parallel from Yechezkel is particularly ...shiyah in the Mekhilta, R"Y Bekhor Shor suggests that it is related to the root פסע, with the pharyngeals ח and ע being exchanged.</fn> – Jubilees,

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The Flood Story: Undoing and Redoing Creation/0/en
...hese stories.<fn>Interestingly, though, of the twenty-nine mentions of the root רמש in Tanakh, seventeen are found in the Creation and Flood narratives.

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Literary Devices – Shemot 18/0
...לָה</aht-lit>‎),<fn>The Hebrew word for tent (אהל) contains the same root letters א.ה.ל. as the name of God, and Moshe's tent is where the nation

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Purposes of the Egyptian Bondage/2/en
...ptian maidservant, Hagar). While the latter theory may find support in the root ענה which links the stories of Bereshit 15–16 (appearing in 15:13, 16: ...e Netziv draws historical parallels to his own day, and concludes that the root cause of anti-semitism throughout the generations is the Jewish desire to a

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ANE:Treaties in Tanakh and the Ancient Near East/0
...ieces of a slaughtered animal).</fn> have suggested that it comes from the root ברה and relates to the shared meal that would have accompanied the treat

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Moshe's Killing of the Egyptian/2/en
...int>Meaning of "מַכֶּה" and "וַיַּךְ" – According to R. Saadia, the root הכה means to strike in the cases of both the Egyptian and Moshe, and doe

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Meat and Manna/5
...d gathered themselves unto them when they left Egypt (the word is from the root אסף, "to gather") (<a class="source" title="Si ...s 32:4</a>) נהפך לשדי בחרבוני קיץ, where the ל in the word לשד is a root-letter, the meaning being: "my sap (לשדי) is turned by the drought of s

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About:Who We Are/en
...nswer I directed her to the dictionary where on her own she discovered the root, the possible meanings and was able to decipher the nuances of the verse he

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Urim VeTummim/2
...0;<a href="Nechemyah10-35" data-aht="source">Nechemyah 10:35</a> where the root "נפל" is explicitly related to the noun "גורל". See also <a hre

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About:Who We Are/he
...nswer I directed her to the dictionary where on her own she discovered the root, the possible meanings and was able to decipher the nuances of the verse he

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Miryam's Critique of Moshe and his Cushite Marriage/2
...f Miryam and Aharon. They assume that Moshe's prophetic powers were at the root of his feelings of his superiority and this, in turn, caused him to marry a

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Dictionary:שְׁאֵלָה/5
...THEY SHALL REQUEST [OBJECTS OF SILVER AND GOLD]: As an outright gift. [The root ש-א-ל means here to request as an outright gift,] as in the phrase <span

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Commentators:R. Shemuel b. Meir (Rashbam)/0
...7</a>, where Rashi is influenced by the Aramaic while Rashbam looks at the root's usage elsewhere in Tanakh. See how he argues against the proofs from Aram

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Purpose of the Laws of Kashrut/2
...ons in <a href="Vayikra20-7-12" data-aht="source">Vayikra 20</a>.</fn> The root "קדש" means to separate,<fn>See the <multilink><a href="SifraVayikra20-2

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Mystery at the Malon/5
...e, "He strove (vayyasar) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r, ] just like shav, qam and ras that have [third ...waning (רפה) toward evening" (Jud. 19:9), one says וירף, just as from [the root] ק-נ-ה, one says ויקן. אז SHE ADDED, "A BRIDEGROOM OF BLOOD B

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Haftarat Parashat Zachor/5
<text xml:lang="EN">Out of Ephraim came those whose root is in Amalek; after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Out of Machir came

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Why Did Yonah Disobey Hashem/2
...emidbar 24:11</a>. This latter prooftext, however, is somewhat weak as the root ברח in the verse can easily be understood as "run away."</fn> and they s

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Sin and Slaughter of Shekhem/2
...stise them on the moral issues, focusing his attention on their anger, the root cause of the problem.</fn>  According to Ramban, Yaakov is especially

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כי בדבר אשר זדו עליהם – Power and Justice/5
...mselves wicked. Our Rabbis, however, explained it in the same sense as the root which we find in (<a class="source" data-book="En

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Cursing Canaan/5
...(20) ויחל [AND NOAH] BEGAN – (The word may be connected also with a root meaning "profane") He profaned (degraded) himself, for he should have occup ...s in the transitive mode, as for instance Isaiah 41,2 ומלכים ירד, from the root רדה “to rule.” Noach prays that Yaphet’s share of the earth will b

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Dictionary:שאל/5
...THEY SHALL REQUEST [OBJECTS OF SILVER AND GOLD]: As an outright gift. [The root ש-א-ל means here to request as an outright gift,] as in the phrase <span

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Who Sold Yosef/5
...n the phrase (Is 12.6), "Oh, shout for joy (varonni)" – is from the root r-n-n. Robbu would be rendered saeterent in the v

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Avraham's Guests – Angels or Men/2
<li>Consumption by fire – R. Saadia suggests that the root "אכל" is not limited in meaning to eating with one's mouth, but can also

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Wrestling With Angels and Men/5
...>q-1-1. Vayyahas: is from [the root h-s-h, the same root as hasah, in the phrase,] "which Moses divided (hasah)" vayyasar) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r, ] just like shav, qam and ras that have [third

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Dictionary:צְפַרְדֵּעַ/5
...HY BOUNDARIES – נוגף means smiting. So, too, wherever a form from the root נגף occurs, it does not necessarily denote killing but it may mean merel

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Yaakov's Blessing of Yosef/5
...י. i.e. the one who was separated from his brothers. The word נזיר is of a root signifying separation, as in (<a class="source" d ...ozzu is from the root p-z-z, just an yasobbu is from the root s-b-b. Mide FROM THE HANDS OF THE 'avir OF JACOB:

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Sale of the Birthright – A Fair Deal/5
... is derived from 1-v-n. However, if the root were [the geminate root, r-s-s,] like in the phrase (<a class="sou ...h) the word of the LORD," just as vayyiqen is derived from [the root] q-n-h.</text>

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Grammar:Number/5
...t xml:lang="EN">Let there be luminaries (yehi me'orot) – The root hayah ("to be"), when it precedes the subject, does not always agree

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Reparations and Despoiling Egypt/5
...one of the root letters, and the grammatical form of the noun of the same root is נִצּוּל which is of the strong (dageshed) forms, just as דִּב ...THEY SHALL REQUEST [OBJECTS OF SILVER AND GOLD]: As an outright gift. [The root ש-א-ל means here to request as an outright gift,] as in the phrase <span

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Test/5
...>q-1-1. Vayyahas: is from [the root h-s-h, the same root as hasah, in the phrase,] "which Moses divided (hasah)" vayyasar) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r, ] just like shav, qam and ras that have [third

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Purpose of the Sacrifices/2
<li>Shelamim – Shelamim, from the root "שלם" or whole, symbolize man's cognizance that he is whole only due to

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A Nation that Dwells Alone/5
...OCKS I SEE HIM – I look at their origin and at the beginning of their root (descent), and I behold them strongly founded as younder rocks and mountain

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Devorah and Barak's Battle in Prose and Poetry/5
...made me have dominion over the mighty. (14) Out of Ephraim came they whose root is in Amalek; After thee, Benjamin, among thy peoples; Out of Machir came d

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Yehuda's Blessing – Eternal Kingship/5
...to all.] 5 Then shall the sceptre of my kingdom shine forth; And from your root shall arise a stem; 6 And from it shall grow a rod of righteousness to the ...r's face" (due to old age). In the Talmud we find a similar meaning of the root .יקה: "they sat and gathered assemblies (ומקהו אקהתא) in the s

211 KB (9,183 words) - 12:53, 28 January 2023
Yaakov's Dividing of his Camp/5
...:6) "Deal (לאט) gently for my sake with the young man." In לאטי the ל is a root-letter and not a prefix, so that the meaning is, "I will lead on at my slow ...e, "He strove (vayyasar) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r, ] just like shav, qam and ras that have [third

139 KB (11,223 words) - 12:51, 28 January 2023
Commentators:R. Shelomo Yitzchaki (Rashi)/0
...ning-minimalist – When defining words, Rashi tends to assume that each root has only one basic meaning (from which any other contextual meanings are de

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Two Accounts of Creation: Bereshit 1–2/5
...ter י, not as in verse 7. In other words, a letter י' which is part of the root of the verb יצר has been omitted from the written text of the Torah. The

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The Flood Story and Biblical Criticism/0/en
...verses similarly harks back to the opening chapters of Bereshit.  The root ברא is central to the Creati

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