Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
מְזֵ֥י רָעָ֛ב וּלְחֻ֥מֵי רֶ֖שֶׁף וְקֶ֣טֶב מְרִירִ֑י וְשֶׁן־בְּהֵמֹת֙ אֲשַׁלַּח־בָּ֔ם עִם־חֲמַ֖ת זֹחֲלֵ֥י עָפָֽר׃
Wasting famine, ravaging plague, deadly pestilence, and fanged beasts I will let loose against them, with poisonous creepers in dust.
לִזְחֹל liz’hol (שֹׁרֶשׁ ז.ח.ל)
- To crawl
זַחַל (zahal) = Caterpillar
מִזְחֶלֶת (mizhelet) = Sled
זוֹחֲלִים (zohalim) = Reptiles
Find the Word!
Guess what? You won’t find this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) anywhere else in Tanakh. This is the only place it appears! Pretty cool, right?!
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