Why Shouldn't we Pray?
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Share"Pray: from Latin precari "ask earnestly, beg, entreat..." (etymonline.com)
(יא) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֶל־יוֹסֵ֔ף רְאֹ֥ה פָנֶ֖יךָ לֹ֣א פִלָּ֑לְתִּי וְהִנֵּ֨ה הֶרְאָ֥ה אֹתִ֛י אֱלֹהִ֖ים גַּ֥ם אֶת־זַרְעֶֽךָ׃
(11) And Israel said to Joseph, “I never expected to see you again, and here God has let me see your children as well.”
(יא) לא פללתי לֹא מְלָאַנִי לִבִּי לַחְשׁוֹב מַחֲשָׁבָה, שֶׁאֶרְאֶה פָנֶיךָ עוֹד פללתי לְשׁוֹן מַחֲשָׁבָה, כְּמוֹ הָבִיאִי עֵצָה עֲשִׂי פְלִילָה (ישעיהו ט"ז):
(11)I HAD NOT CONTEMPLATED — I had never dared to cherish the thought that I would again see your face. פללתי is an expression for thinking, like the noun in (Isaiah 16:3) “Give counsel, carry out the thought (פלילה)”.
