Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
׆ וַיְהִ֛י בִּנְסֹ֥עַ הָאָרֹ֖ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֑ה קוּמָ֣ה ׀ יהוה וְיָפֻ֙צוּ֙ אֹֽיְבֶ֔יךָ וְיָנֻ֥סוּ מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃
When the Ark was to set out, Moshe would say: Advance, O Lord! May Your enemies be scattered, and may Your foes flee before You!
לָפוּץ lafutz (שֹׁרֶשׁ פ.ו.צ)
- To scatter or spread
נָפוֹץ (nafotz) = Common, widespread
תְּפוּצוֹת (tefutzot) = Diaspora
רְשִׁימַת תְּפוּצָה (reshimat tefutzah) = Mailing list
לְהָפִיץ אוֹר (lehafitz or) = To spread light
Find the Word!
In Sefer Bereishit, the people come together to build a tall tower, and end up getting dispersed throughout the land. Can you find where the Torah uses this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) to describe what happens to them? (Hint: Look at Bereishit 11:1-9. See if you can find each of the 3 times the word appears!)
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