Parashat Devarim: A Moment of Hebrew
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ShareWhat is the shoresh of the Hebrew word לְהָסֵב and what other Hebrew words share that shoresh?
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וַנֵּפֶן וַנִּסַּע הַמִּדְבָּרָה דֶּרֶךְ יַם סוּף כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' אֵלָי וַנָּסׇב אֶת הַר שֵׂעִיר יָמִים רַבִּים׃
We marched back into the wilderness by the way of the Sea of Reeds, as God had spoken to me, and went around the hill country of Seir for a long time.
לְהָסֵב (lehaseiv) (שֹׁרֶשׁ ס.ב.ב)
- To turn or switch direction
- To cause or bring about
- To change or convert
מְסִבָּה (mesibah) = Party
סְבִיבוֹן (sevivon) = Dreidel
מְסֻבִּין (mesubin) = Reclining
סִיבוּב (sivuv) = Go around in a circle, take a lap, go for a spin or a short ride
סְבִיבָה (sevivah) = Environment
Find the Word!
- Does the word מְסֻבִּין (mesubin, reclining) remind you of a holiday? (Hint: “How is this night different?”)
- When Yosef shares his dream about the wheat piles with his brothers, he uses a word that shares this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root)! Can you find it? (Hint: Check out Bereishit 37.)
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