Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(ה) וְעָנִ֨יתָ וְאָמַרְתָּ֜ לִפְנֵ֣י ׀ יהוה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ אֲרַמִּי֙ אֹבֵ֣ד אָבִ֔י וַיֵּ֣רֶד מִצְרַ֔יְמָה וַיָּ֥גׇר שָׁ֖ם בִּמְתֵ֣י מְעָ֑ט וַֽיְהִי־שָׁ֕ם לְג֥וֹי גָּד֖וֹל עָצ֥וּם וָרָֽב׃
You shall then recite before God your Lord: “My father was a wandering Aramean. He went down to Egypt in small numbers and stayed; but there he became a large nation.”
לָרֶדֶת (laredet) (שֹׁרֶשׁ י.ר.ד)
- To go down, come down
יְרִיד (yerid) = A fair, market
מוֹרָד (morad) = Slope, hillside
יָרַד מֵהַפַּסִּים (yarad mei-hapasim) = Went off the tracks, went crazy
Find the Word!
In Sefer Bereishit, someone dreams of a ladder with angels going up and down on it. Whose dream was this, and can you find this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) in the description of his dream? (Hint: Look through Bereishit 28.)
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