[Avodah] translation of 'na'

[Simi Peters]

Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:07:05 -0500
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this week's parsha has the word Na twice.

once it means please (speak to pharaoh)
the other time it means raw (korban pesach)

the word is spelled identically - what is the connection between two?

mordechai cohen



I checked this in the BDB (Brown Driver Briggs lexicon of biblical Hebrew).  The root of 'na' in the meaning of 'raw' is nun-yod-alef, unlike the 'na' which is a supplication.

Kol tuv,
Simi Peters 

    
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