Illustration Credit: Elad Lifshitz, Dov Abramson Studio
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤ם לָכֶם֙ מִמׇּחֳרַ֣ת הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת מִיּוֹם֙ הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־עֹ֖מֶר הַתְּנוּפָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע שַׁבָּת֖וֹת תְּמִימֹ֥ת תִּהְיֶֽינָה׃
You shall count, from the day after the sabbath, from the day you bring the omer elevation offering, seven full weeks. They must be complete.
לִסְפֹּר lispor (שֹׁרֶשׁ ס.פ.ר)
- To count
סֵפֶר (sefer) = Book
מִסְפַּר (mispar) = Number
מִסְפָּרַיִם (misparayim) = Scissors
סוֹפֵר סְתָ"ם (sofer stam) = Someone who writes Sifrei Torah, Tefillin, and Mezuzot
סִפְרִיָּה (sifriyyah) = Library
בֵּית סֵפֶר (beit sefer) = School (place of books)
לְהִסְתַּפֵּר (lehistaper) = To get a haircut
Find the Word!
Some things are impossible to count because there are so many of them. What does God ask Avraham to count in Bereishit 15:5? How many times does this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root) appear in the pasuk?
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