[Mesorah] oni - ev'yon

Sholom Simon via Mesorah mesorah at lists.aishdas.org
Wed Sep 7 11:04:54 PDT 2016


Yep -- that is the pasuk, and since it was the 2d Rashi on that pasuk, I
was careless in not noticing it. 

Thanks! 

On 2016-09-07 13:50, R Davidovich via Mesorah wrote:

> Well, let's start with Rashi (15:4): 
> 
> אביון: דל מעני, ולשון אביון שהוא תאב לכל דבר: 
> 
> needy: Heb. אֶבְיוֹן, [denoting someone who is] poorer than an ע ָנִי. The term אֶבְיוֹן means"to yearn for" (תָּאֵב) , i.e., one who yearns for everything [because he has nothing]. -- [Vayikra Rabbah 34:6, see B.M. 111b]
> 
> RD 
> On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 1:26 PM, Sholom Simon via Mesorah <mesorah at lists.aishdas.org> wrote:
> 
>> I noticed -- perhaps it was two weeks ago -- that oni and ev'yon were used in the same pasuk.
>> 
>> Can anybody tell me what the difference is?  (Or is there a difference?)
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> -- Sholom
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