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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
  ..."&#8206; 17&#8206;&#8206; &#8206; 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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• 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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• 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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• 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
  <p>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 <p class="nonintro">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
  5 KB (794 words) - 09:39, 2 January 2021
• "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.&#160; 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
  33 KB (4,942 words) - 11:34, 28 January 2023
• Ancient Near Eastern Index – Parashat Bo/0
  ...s</a>, by J. Gwyn Grifiths, for analysis of suggestions about the Egyptian root of the name Moshe and the weaknesses of various theories.</li>
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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>
  8 KB (1,087 words) - 12:51, 28 January 2023
• 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 <i>Go Forth and Learn: A Passover Haggadah</i>, 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&#160;<a href="Vayikra25-43 ...mean "stop"<fn>He claims that the word&#160;"פָרֹכֶת" comes from the same root, as per its function as a barrier, dividing between two areas.</fn> and exp
  26 KB (3,841 words) - 06:58, 14 September 2018
• Dictionary:דרש/0
  <p>The root דרש appears in 164 places in Tanakh and is used consistently with the me
  8 KB (1,157 words) - 12:49, 28 January 2023
• Biblical Parallels Index – Bereshit 3/0
  <p>Exploring the various appearances of both the root&#160;"ידע" and the phrase "ידע טוב ורע" helps one gain further ...at demonstrate the various connotations of knowledge in Tanakh.&#160; 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><span style="color: #ff0000;">The frame</span>&#160;– The root "<span style="color: #ff0000;">ברכ</span>" appears four times in the cha <li><span style="color: #0000ff;"> Stanza 1</span>&#160;– In verses 3-6 the root "<span style="color: #0000ff;">גדול</span>" appears three times, twice
  17 KB (2,390 words) - 22:25, 2 September 2023
• Biblical Parallels Index – Bemidbar 25/0
  ...ttps://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/7065">concordance</a> to see where the root&#160;<a href="https://mg.alhatorah.org/Concordance/7065">קנא</a> (to be
  7 KB (1,148 words) - 04:49, 12 April 2024
• Kayin – Intentional or Unintentional Murderer/2/en
  <point><b>"וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ"</b> – 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&#160;the root of דגה can also mean sexual relations. (See Bereishit 48:16)</fn> Longin
  27 KB (3,810 words) - 11:42, 28 January 2023
• Literary Devices – Bereshit 17/0
  <li>"וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל שְׁמַעְתִּיךָ" – In verse 20, Hashem plays with the root "שמע".&#160; 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.&#160; 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><b>"וַיַּהַרְגֵהוּ"</b> – All other Biblical cases of the root "הרג" refer to intentional murder.<fn>According to some, Bereshit 4:23 m
  10 KB (1,148 words) - 11:39, 28 January 2023
• 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><b>"וְכִפֶּר עָלָיו"</b> – 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 <b>א
  35 KB (5,281 words) - 11:47, 28 January 2023
• 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
  27 KB (4,296 words) - 01:02, 5 February 2024
• 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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• 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&#8206;<fn>See <a href="Shemot6-1" data-aht="source">Shemot 6:1</a>,
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• 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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• 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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