Illustration Credit: Rivka Tsinman
רֶגַע שֶׁל עִבְרִית A Moment of Hebrew
וְכׇל־הַבְּאֵרֹ֗ת אֲשֶׁ֤ר חָֽפְרוּ֙ עַבְדֵ֣י אָבִ֔יו בִּימֵ֖י אַבְרָהָ֣ם אָבִ֑יו סִתְּמ֣וּם פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיְמַלְא֖וּם עָפָֽר׃
And the Pelishtim stopped up all the wells which his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Avraham, filling them with earth.
לַחְפֹּר lahpor (שֹׁרֶשׁ ח.פ.ר)
To dig
חֲפַרְפֶּרֶת (hafarperet) = Mole (the animal)
מַחְפֵּר (mahper) = Excavator
דַּחְפּוֹר (dahpor) = Bulldozer
חֲפִירוֹת (hafirot) = Archeological digs or findings
Find the Word!
When the Nile River turns to blood, the Egyptians dig in the ground around it, to try to find drinkable water. Can you find the words that share this שֹׁרֶשׁ (shoresh, root)? (Hint: Look at the fourth aliyah of Parashat Va’era.)
-------------------
-------------------
