Parashat Behar: A Moment of Hebrew
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ShareWhat is the shoresh of the Hebrew word לִבְטֹחַ and what other Hebrew words share that shoresh?
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(יט) וְנָתְנָ֤ה הָאָ֙רֶץ֙ פִּרְיָ֔הּ וַאֲכַלְתֶּ֖ם לָשֹׂ֑בַע וִֽישַׁבְתֶּ֥ם לָבֶ֖טַח עָלֶֽיהָ׃
The land shall produce its fruit and you shall eat your fill, and you shall live upon it in security.
לִבְטֹחַ livto’ah (שֹׁרֶשׁ ב.ט.ח) = To trust
בִּטּוּחַ (bitu'ah) = Insurance
בֶּטַח (betah) =
- A phrase that means: "of course!"
- Peacefully
בִּטָּחוֹן (bitahon) = Security
בָּטוּחַ/בְּטוּחָה (batu’ah, betuhah) = Sure of themself
Find the Word!
Before he dies, Moshe blesses the different שְׁבָטִים (shevatim, tribes). Check out the blessing for shevet Binyamin. Can you find this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) there? (Hint: Look at Devarim 33.)
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