Illustration Credit: Noa Kelner
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(ז) וְשִׁנַּנְתָּ֣ם לְבָנֶ֔יךָ וְדִבַּרְתָּ֖ בָּ֑ם בְּשִׁבְתְּךָ֤ בְּבֵיתֶ֙ךָ֙ וּבְלֶכְתְּךָ֣ בַדֶּ֔רֶךְ וּֽבְשׇׁכְבְּךָ֖ וּבְקוּמֶֽךָ׃
Teach them to your children. Talk about them when you stay at home and when you go on your way, when you lie down and when you get up.
לָלֶכֶת (lalekhet) (שֹׁרֶשׁ ה.ל.כ)
To go, to walk
מַהֲלָךְ (mahalakh) =
- Process, step
- A move in a game
הִלּוּךְ (hilukh) = A gear
תַּהֲלִיךְ (tahalikh) = Process
הֲלִיכוֹן (halikhon) = Walker
הֲלָכָה (halakhah) = Jewish law
הָלוֹךְ וָשׁוֹב (halokh va-shov) = Back and forth
תַּהֲלוּכָה (tahalukhah) = Parade or procession
הוֹלֵךְ/הוֹלֶכֶת רֶגֶל (holekh/holekhet regel) = Pedestrian
לֹא הוֹלֵךְ לִי (lo holekh li) = It's not working, I'm stuck
Find the Word!
Which parashah in the Torah has our שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) in its name, two times? (Hint: It’s in Sefer Bereishit.)
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