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Hebrew Word of the Week: Lo’ Tirtsah/Thou Shall Not Kill

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Hebrew word of the week: Lo’ tirtsah/Thou shall not kill

The original sense of r-ts-H* was “to smash, shatter” as in retsaH be-’atsmotay “crushing my bones” (Psalms 42:11); Arabic and Aramaic cognates “to crush.”

Thou Shall Not Kill

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Word Of The Week

Hebrew Language

Miream Petrean

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