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• The Hebrew word for the upper part of the leg is yerech (thigh); the
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knee, which connects the leg’s upper part to the lower part, is berech;
the two words share the same last two letters (resh and kaf), as appropri-
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ate since berech is part of yerech: 7
ךרב � ךרי

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• Rosh (head) ends with S (shin). This is the first letter of se’ar (hair); con-
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versely, the last letter of “hair” (se’ar ) is the fi rst letter of “head” (rosh);
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safa (lip) is part of the rosh (head); therefore, the last letter of the latter

(shin) is the first letter of the former:
רעיש � שאר
הפש � שאר
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• Metzach means forehead; being part of the panim (face), the first letter
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of mezach is the last letter of panim (face); peh (namely, “mouth”),
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being part of the panim (face), shares the same fi rst letter with the lat-
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ter; safa (lip), being part of the peh (mouth), shares the same last two
letters with the latter (as in the first example above):

חצמ � םינפ
הפ � םינפ
הפש � הפ

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• Leshad means “fat” or “fattish” or “juicy” (for example, Num. 11:8).
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Breast is shad. The two words share the last two letters; dad means
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nipple. The last letter of shad (breast) is the fi rst letter of dad: 15
דשל � דש

דד � דש