loving one’s neighbor as the remedy for curing hatred (Lev. 19:17–18). The verbal root snʾ means “hate” in the sense of one who is an enemy. The word conveys a range of emotional responses, including: “hating,” “detesting,” “abhorring” something or someone; varying degrees of “disdain,” “dislike”; or even “avoidance,” “aversion.” The term is sometimes used with its polar opposite, “love”, as a poetic word pair (for example, Eccl. 3:8). The word “hate” may connote the attitude of the wicked who spurn