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VERSE: Gn18-05a

The Hebrew word >SAAD< means to >MAKE WELL FOUNDED<
The Hebrew word >LAYV< means >HEART<

The combined phrase >SAAD LAYV< creates an idiom with
a new meaning >EAT A MEAL<. This is justified by the
following LIST almost all of whose verses are brought
by Rashi


{LIST} Verses where the phrase >Make a well founded heart<
means >Eat a good meal< *1
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VERSE    TEXT
=====    ====
Gn18-05  I will take >BREAD< & you will >WELL FOUND YOUR HEARTS<
Ps104-15 & >BREAD< will >MAKE A MANS HEART WELL FOUNDED<
Jud19-05 And >MAKE YOUR HEART WELL FOUNDED< on >BREAD<

NOTES
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*1 In olden times meals were traditionally associated with
   >bread< which occurs in all these verses(That is why
   we make a blessing over bread before every meal) In
   passing there is a nutritionaly foundation for this
   practice: Bread, because it is made with yeast, is a
   food that is rich in ALL B vitamins. The B vitamins
   are water soluble and hence are easily lost from the
   body. For this reason they must be replenished
   frequently. The reason people feel >icky< when they
   haven't eaten bread for a while is because the B
   vitamins are missing. The Talmud (Bracoth) in fact
   notes that in the Messianic era we might break meals
   over specially made bears (which are also rich in B
   vitamins because of the fermentation process)

   However the word >Make well founded< by itself can denote
   having a meal EVEN if the word bread does not occur. eg

   1King13-07 >And come to my house and WELL FOUND YOURSELF<


   Statistically the Hebrew root
   ->Samech-Ayin-Dalet< only occurs 12 times in the Bible.
   It means >have a bread meal<     3 times (25%)
   It means >have a meal<           4 times (33%)


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