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רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
חִזְקוּ וְאִמְצוּ אַל תִּירְאוּ וְאַל תַּעַרְצוּ מִפְּנֵיהֶם כִּי ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ הוּא הַהֹלֵךְ עִמָּךְ לֹא יַרְפְּךָ וְלֹא יַעַזְבֶךָּ׃
Be strong and brave, don’t fear or dread them; for it is God your Lord who goes with you. God won’t let go of you or abandon you.
שֹׁרֶשׁ א.מ.צ
To take courage
מַאֲמָץ (ma'amatz) = Effort
לְאַמֵּץ (le’ametz) = To adopt (a person, a pet, or idea)
אַמִּיץ/אַמִּיצָה (amitz/amitzah) = Brave
Find the Word!
This שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) is often part of a phrase that gives encouragement: חֲזַק וֶאֱמָץ (hazak ve’ematz, be strong and brave). In fact, this phrase appears two more times in this chapter, and four times in chapter 1 of Yehoshua. Can you find all of these places where hazak ve’ematz shows up? Who is encouraging whom?
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