Parashat Pinhas: A Moment of Hebrew
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ShareWhat is the shoresh of the Hebrew word לִרְאוֹת and what other Hebrew words share that shoresh?
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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(יב) וַיֹּ֤אמֶר יהוה אֶל־מֹשֶׁ֔ה עֲלֵ֛ה אֶל־הַ֥ר הָעֲבָרִ֖ים הַזֶּ֑ה וּרְאֵה֙ אֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֥ר נָתַ֖תִּי לִבְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃
God said to Moshe, “Go up the mountain of Avarim and view the land that I have given to Benei Yisrael.”
לִרְאוֹת lir’ot (שֹׁרֶשׁ ר.א.ה)
- To see
- To understand
מַרְאָה (mar'ah) = Mirror
רְאוּת (re'ut) = Visibility
רְאָיָה (re’ayah) = Proof, evidence
לְהִתְרָאוֹת (lehitraot) = Goodbye, see you later
רוֹאֶה אֶת הַנּוֹלָד (ro'eh et ha-nolad) = To see the consequences of your actions
Find the Word!
- The first example of seeing in the Torah is not through human eyes! Can you find our שֹׁרֶש (shoresh, root) in Bereishit 1?
- The process of diagnosing the skin disease צָרַעַת (tzara’at) has a lot to do with what the כֹּהֵן (kohen, priest) sees. How many times does our shoresh appear in Vayikra 13? (Hint: It’s more than 25 times!)
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