Parashat Mikeitz: A Moment of Hebrew
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וְיִקְבְּצ֗וּ אֶת־כׇּל־אֹ֙כֶל֙ הַשָּׁנִ֣ים הַטֹּב֔וֹת הַבָּאֹ֖ת הָאֵ֑לֶּה וְיִצְבְּרוּ־בָ֞ר תַּ֧חַת יַד־פַּרְעֹ֛ה אֹ֥כֶל בֶּעָרִ֖ים וְשָׁמָֽרוּ׃
Let all the food of these good years that are coming be gathered, and let the grain be collected under Pharaoh’s authority as food to be stored in the cities.
לְקַבֵּץ (שֹׁרֶשׁ ק.ב.צ)
To collect or gather
קֹבֶץ = A file (on a computer)
קִבּוּץ = Kibbutz (a collective living community)
קְבוּצָה = Group
קִבּוּץ גָּלוּיוֹת = The gathering of the exiles (in the messianic age when all Jews come to the Land of Israel)
Find the Word!
Before Yaakov dies, he calls his sons, so he can bless them. Can you find the word that he uses to gather them, which has the same שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root)? (Hint: look ahead to chapter 49, verse 2)
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