[Mesorah] oni - ev'yon

[Micha Berger via Mesorah]

Notice the relevance of Ben Zoma's definition of "ashir" to the 2nd half
Rashi's definition of "evyon". 

Also, recall that Rashi held of 1 and 2 letter shorashim. To him, there
could well be a common shoresh of alef-veis, not meant as a derashah. 

On 2016-09-07 1:50 pm, R Davidovich 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]

Tir'u baTov!
-Micha

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