Parashat Shemot: A Moment of Hebrew
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ShareWhat is the shoresh of the Hebrew word לִפְרֹץ and what other Hebrew words share that shoresh?
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וְכַאֲשֶׁר֙ יְעַנּ֣וּ אֹת֔וֹ כֵּ֥ן יִרְבֶּ֖ה וְכֵ֣ן יִפְרֹ֑ץ וַיָּקֻ֕צוּ מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
But the more they were oppressed, the more they increased and spread out (yifrotz), so that the [Egyptians] came to dread the Israelites.
To spread out, erupt, break into -- לִפְרֹץ (שֹׁרֶשׁ פ.ר.צ)
פִּרְצָה = opening/loophole
מִפְרָץ = Gulf or bay
לִפְרֹץ בִּצְחוֹק = To burst out laughing
הִתְפָּרְצוּת הַר גַּעַשׁ = Volcano eruption
Find the Word!
There is someone in Sefer Bereishit whose name comes from this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root). Can you find who it is? (Hint: he is a twin! See Bereishit 38:29 for the answer.)
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