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#607: Meaning of Hebrew Uncertain

Ramban on Parashat Toldot, Bereshit/Genesis 25:22

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Bereshit/Genesis 25:22

וַיִּתְרֹֽצֲצ֤וּ הַבָּנִים֙ בְּקִרְבָּ֔הּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אִם־כֵּ֔ן לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה אָנֹ֑כִי וַתֵּ֖לֶךְ לִדְרֹ֥שׁ אֶת־יְהוָֽה׃

But the children struggled in her womb, and she said, “If so, why do I exist?” She went to inquire of GOD,

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