Parashat Ki Tavo: A Moment of Hebrew
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ShareWhat is the shoresh of the Hebrew word לְהַסְכִּית and what other Hebrew words share that shoresh?
Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וַיְדַבֵּ֤ר מֹשֶׁה֙ וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים הַלְוִיִּ֔ם אֶ֥ל כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לֵאמֹ֑ר הַסְכֵּ֤ת ׀ וּשְׁמַע֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַיּ֤וֹם הַזֶּה֙ נִהְיֵ֣יתָֽ לְעָ֔ם לַיהוה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃
Moshe and the priests from the tribe of Levi spoke to all Israel, saying: Silence! Hear, O Israel! Today you have become the people of God your Lord.
לְהַסְכִּית (lehaskeet) (שֹׁרֶשׁ ס.כ.ת)
- To pay attention or listen closely
מַסְכֵּת (maskeit) = Stethoscope
הֶסְכֵּת (heskeit) = Podcast (this is a new word that was created in 2018!)
Find the Word!
Guess what? You won’t find this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) anywhere else in Tanakh. This is the only place it appears! Pretty cool, right?!
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