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• Dictionary:נבל/0
  <li>The root נבל is related to נפל&#8206;.<fn>See <multilink><a href="CassutoShemo .../a></multilink> who lists fourteen possible meanings of the letters of the root.</fn></p>
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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 “<span style="color: #0000ff;"><b>ידע</b></span>“ (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&#160;<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&#160; 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><b>The root <a href="Dictionary:ידע" data-aht="page">ידע</a></b> – R. Saadia co
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 18/0
  ...g/TanakhLab/Bereshit/18/1/18/33">Tanakh Lab</a>&#160;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&#160;<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 (<i>vayyasar</i>) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r,] just like <i>shav</i>, <i>qam</i> and <i>ras</i> that have [third p
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• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 32/5
  ...e, "He strove (<i>vayyasar</i>) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r,] just like <i>shav</i>, <i>qam</i> and <i>ras</i> 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.</p>
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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&#160;<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><b>"שְׁתֵּי כְתֵפֹת" </b>– 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.&#160; Later in the narrative, the same root refers to Yishmael’s scorn of moral law.&#160;&#160;.</li>
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• Literary Devices – Bemidbar 10/0
  <li><b>Keyword</b> –&#160; 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<i> tzitzit</i>.<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
  <p>There are two cases where the meaning of the root is debated:<fn>In each of these two instances, both the <i>pa'al</i> 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 (<i>vayyasar</i>) with an angel and prevailed," is [from the root s-v-r,] just like <i>shav</i>, <i>qam</i> and <i>ras</i> 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&#160;<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&#160;<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>&#160;&#160;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? &#160;Either way, how does it affect the meaning of the metaphor?</li> ...ֵּחַד" be translated?&#160; 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>&#160;– 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&#160;<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
  <p>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 <p>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 "<span style="color: #0000ff;">ארץ</span>" appears seven times, and the root "<span style="color: #ff00ff;">הלך</span>" five times.&#160; This reflec <p>In verses 2-3, the concept of "blessing" appears 5 times (the root "<b><span style="color: #339966;">ברך</span></b>" 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 "<b></b>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.&#160; 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 “&#8206;&#8207;אסף” and there mention of imprisonment and banishment
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• Literary Devices – Bereshit 22/0
  <li><b>Articles</b> – For discussion of the role played by the root "הלך" in both this unit and the larger Avraham narratives, see י. גר� <li><b>ראה</b> – 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>&#160; and קמיך&#160; (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.&#160; 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.&#160; 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.&#160; 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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