Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
(טז) רַ֥ק הַדָּ֖ם לֹ֣א תֹאכֵ֑לוּ עַל־הָאָ֥רֶץ תִּשְׁפְּכֶ֖נּוּ כַּמָּֽיִם׃
But you must not eat the blood; you shall pour it out on the ground like water.
לִשְׁפֹּךְ lishpokh (שֹׁרֶשׁ ש.פ.כ)
- To spill or pour
מַשְׁפֵּךְ (mashpeikh) = Funnel
שֶׁפֶךְ הַדֶּשֶׁן (shefekh ha-deshen) = The place where the kohanim poured the ashes from their sacrifices
לִשְׁפֹּךְ אֶת הַלֵּב (lishpokh et ha-lev) = To pour your heart out
שָׁפוּךְ (shafukh) = exhausted
Find the Word!
God gave Moshe some signs and tricks to help him convince Benei Yisrael that God had sent him. One of these signs involved pouring a liquid on the ground and watching it transform. What was the liquid, and what did it become? Can you find the word that means to pour out? (Hint: It’s in Shemot chapter 4.)
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