Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וְלָקַ֖ח אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י הַשְּׂעִירִ֑ם וְהֶעֱמִ֤יד אֹתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֔ה פֶּ֖תַח אֹ֥הֶל מוֹעֵֽד׃
Aharon shall take the two goats and make them stand before God at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
לְהַעֲמִיד leha’amid (שֹׁרֶשׁ ע.מ.ד)
- To place or position
- To place upright, or put someone on their feet
עַמּוּד (amud) = Pillar or page
עֲמִידָה = Amidah (the silent prayer at the center of all services, always recited while standing)
מֻעֲמָד (muamad) = Candidate
עָמַד בְּדִבּוּרוֹ (amad bedibburo) = Kept their word
עָמַד עַל שֶׁלּוֹ (amad al shelo) = Insisted on something
עָמַד מִלֶּכֶת (amad milekhet) = Stood in their place or stopped
Find the Word!
This is a very common שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) that shows up all over the Torah! In Bereishit, someone dreams that they are standing by the river. Who is the person and what is the word the Torah uses there? (Hint: look at Bereishit 41.)
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