Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וְהָיָה֙ אִם־שָׁל֣וֹם תַּֽעַנְךָ֔ וּפָתְחָ֖ה לָ֑ךְ וְהָיָ֞ה כׇּל־הָעָ֣ם הַנִּמְצָא־בָ֗הּ יִהְי֥וּ לְךָ֛ לָמַ֖ס וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃
If the city responds in peace and lets you in, all the people there shall serve you.
לִפְתֹּחַ lifto’ah (שֹׁרֶשׁ פ.ת.ח)
- To open
פֶּתַח (petah) = Opening
פָּתוּחַ (patu'ah) = Open
מַפְתֵּחַ (maftei'ah) = Key
פְּתִיחָה = Petihah; the honor given to the person in shul who opens the aron kodesh (ark)
פֶּתַח דָּבָר (petah davar) = Introduction or prologue
Find the Word!
In Sefer Bereishit, someone sits at the entrance to their tent and then jumps up and runs to welcome guests. Who is this person at the entrance? Can you find our שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) in Bereishit 18?
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