וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ Lev. 19:18

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Isaac Fried
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וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ Lev. 19:18

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NIV: "but love your neighbor as yourself."
in which רֵעַ REA, 'friend, acquaintance, kin, neighbor, fellow, partner', is not to be confused with רוֹעַ ROA, 'evil, wickedness'. Both are of the uniliteral Hebrew root ר R, referring to a material state of several bodies. So, רְעוּת ReUT, is 'a friendly and unfettered association of free persons', whereas רוֹעַ ROA is 'corruption, disintegration, dissolution, decrepitude.'

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Re: וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ Lev. 19:18

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Re: וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ Lev. 19:18

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Notice the attached end personal pronouns in each word
וְאָהַבְתָּ = ואהב-אתה
לְרֵעֲךָ = לרע-אכה
כָּמוֹךָ = כמוֹ-אכה

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Re: וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ Lev. 19:18

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Cows grazing, RO-OT רוֹעוֹת, together in a field are רֵעוֹת RE-OT.

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Re: וְאָהַבְתָּ לְרֵעֲךָ כָּמוֹךָ Lev. 19:18

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It follows that רוֹעֶה צֹאן, 'shepherd', is certainly not a רוֹאֶה צֹאן 'herd supervisor'.

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