Parashat Nitzavim: A Moment of Hebrew
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ShareWhat is the shoresh of the Hebrew word לָשׁוּב and what other Hebrew words share that shoresh?
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ עַד־יהוה אֱלֹהֶ֙יךָ֙ וְשָׁמַעְתָּ֣ בְקֹל֔וֹ כְּכֹ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּ֑וֹם אַתָּ֣ה וּבָנֶ֔יךָ בְּכׇל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכׇל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃
And you return to God your Lord, and you and your children listen to God’s command with all your heart and soul, just as I tell you this day.
לָשׁוּב lashuv (שֹׁרֶשׁ ש.ו.ב)
- To return or to repeat
שׁוּב (shuv) = Again
מָשׁוֹב (mashov) = Feedback
תְּשׁוּבָה (teshuvah) =
1. An answer
2. Returning (to God)
הֲשָׁבַת אֲבֵידָה (hashavat aveidah) = The mitzvah to return something lost
Find the Word!
If you find your enemy’s ox or donkey, you need to return it. Can you find the words that show that in Shemot 23?
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