Parashat Korah: A Moment of Hebrew
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וַיְהִי֙ כְּכַלֹּת֔וֹ לְדַבֵּ֕ר אֵ֥ת כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַתִּבָּקַ֥ע הָאֲדָמָ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר תַּחְתֵּיהֶֽם׃
As soon as he finished speaking all these words, the ground under them burst open.
לְהִבָּקַע (lehibaka) (שֹׁרֶשׁ ב.ק.ע)
- To be split or cracked open
לִבְקֹעַ (livko'a) = To break out, like a chick from its shell
בֶּקַע (beka) = Rift or crack, like between two tectonic plates
בִּקְעָה (bik’ah) = Valley
בּוֹקַעַת קֶרַח (boka'at kerah) = Icebreaker ship
Find the Word!
When the Torah describes the beginning of the Flood, it uses a word from this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) to say that the skies split open. Can you find that word? (Hint: Look in Bereishit chapter 7.)
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