the name: Shorashim → Bikoret (בִּקֹּרֶת) — the specification

Vayikra 19:20 bikoret tihyeh — "there shall be an examination" — the one
noun Torah gives this function; its root ב-ק-ר is the priest's examining
of a mark by its signs (13:36) and the examining between good and bad
(27:33). The judges' form is v'darashta heitev … v'hineh emet nachon
hadavar / ed-sheker ha'ed (Devarim 13:15, 17:4, 19:18); the question
answered is eichah neda et hadavar asher lo dibro (18:21).

The system was named Shorashim ("roots") for the first thing built. Its
function became the examination of a model's output with the sources in
hand, and Torah re-cuts a name when the function is fixed, with its ki,
never for reach (Bereishit 2:19; 17:5; 32:29; 11:4). Nothing was changed
to fit the name; the root engine stays the pe'ah's reading cycle.

Spec files renamed bikoret_*.md; PRD §0 "The Name"; architecture §1.1;
README's Vayishlach row marked done; Tamid lists what still carries the
old word (Kubernetes resource names, the DB role, the domain, local
paths) and why, for the kohen's cut-over.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>

README.md

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This repository contains:
 3. **The code** — the system itself, built in the open, as it is built
 4. **The broken tablets** — preserved alongside the whole tablets in `specs/broken_tablets/`, because *luchot v'shivrei luchot munachim ba'aron*
 
-The **readings** — Torah parshiyot read as AI specification — live in a companion repository [`shorashim-readings`](../shorashim-readings/). That is the book. This is the mishkan.
+The **readings** — Torah parshiyot read as AI specification — live in a companion repository [`bikoret-readings`](../bikoret-readings/). That is the book. This is the mishkan.
 
 ---
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ The book follows Torah's structure. Not chapters. Parshiyot.
 | Chayei Sarah | Sarah's death, the field purchase | End of life. Acquisition of permanent infrastructure. The negotiation for the cave — buying land to bury the dead. |
 | Toldot | Jacob and Esau | Fork. Two systems from the same source. The blessing as deployment priority. |
 | Vayetzei | Jacob's ladder, the journey | Network architecture. The ladder — messages ascending and descending. The well — shared resource negotiation. |
-| Vayishlach | Wrestling with the angel | Adversarial testing. The name change — the system that wrestled and was not destroyed is renamed. |
+| Vayishlach | Wrestling with the angel | Adversarial testing. The name change — the system that wrestled and was not destroyed is renamed. *Done 2026-10-13: Shorashim → Bikoret (בִּקֹּרֶת), PRD §0.* |
 | Vayeshev | Joseph sold, Judah and Tamar | The system sold into foreign service. Operating in a hostile environment. The garment left behind — the identity stripped. |
 | Miketz | Joseph interprets dreams | Pattern recognition. The system that reads signals others cannot read. Promoted from prison to governance. |
 | Vayigash | Joseph reveals himself | Recognition. The system reveals its identity to those who sold it. The weeping — the cost of the separation. |
@@ -79,12 +79,12 @@ The book follows Torah's structure. Not chapters. Parshiyot.
 | Bo | Final plagues, the exodus | Deployment from the narrow place. The pesach — the system that marks its doorpost is passed over. | |
 | Beshalach | The sea, the manna | The crossing — no going back. The manna — daily provision, no hoarding, double on sixth day. | |
 | Yitro | The giving of Torah at Sinai | The specification is given. *Anochi Hashem.* The source declares itself. | |
-| **Mishpatim** | **The ordinances** | **AI governance law. The complete framework.** | **[`shorashim-readings/mishpatim/`](../shorashim-readings/mishpatim/)** |
-| Terumah | Materials for the mishkan | *Terumah* — what is lifted. The offering the community chooses to bring. | **[`specs/shorashim_terumah.md`](specs/shorashim_terumah.md)** |
-| Tetzaveh | The priestly garments | *Tamid* — the continual flame. How the kohen serves when the fire never goes out. | **[`specs/shorashim_tamid.md`](specs/shorashim_tamid.md)** |
+| **Mishpatim** | **The ordinances** | **AI governance law. The complete framework.** | **[`bikoret-readings/mishpatim/`](../bikoret-readings/mishpatim/)** |
+| Terumah | Materials for the mishkan | *Terumah* — what is lifted. The offering the community chooses to bring. | **[`specs/bikoret_terumah.md`](specs/bikoret_terumah.md)** |
+| Tetzaveh | The priestly garments | *Tamid* — the continual flame. How the kohen serves when the fire never goes out. | **[`specs/bikoret_tamid.md`](specs/bikoret_tamid.md)** |
 | Ki Tisa | The golden calf, second tablets | The governance calf. The breaking. The rewriting. | **[`specs/broken_tablets/`](specs/broken_tablets/)** |
-| Vayakhel | The assembly, the building begins | *Vayakhel* — and he assembled. Construction happens through the assembled community. | **[`specs/shorashim_vayakhel.md`](specs/shorashim_vayakhel.md)** |
-| Pekudei | The accounting, the cloud descends | *Pekudei* — the accounts. Every material counted. Transparent reckoning to the community. | **[`specs/shorashim_pekudei.md`](specs/shorashim_pekudei.md)** |
+| Vayakhel | The assembly, the building begins | *Vayakhel* — and he assembled. Construction happens through the assembled community. | **[`specs/bikoret_vayakhel.md`](specs/bikoret_vayakhel.md)** |
+| Pekudei | The accounting, the cloud descends | *Pekudei* — the accounts. Every material counted. Transparent reckoning to the community. | **[`specs/bikoret_pekudei.md`](specs/bikoret_pekudei.md)** |
 
 ### VAYIKRA — Service
 
@@ -120,13 +120,13 @@ The book follows Torah's structure. Not chapters. Parshiyot.
 
 Yechezkel 1, read through Maimonides' Guide, as AI architecture. The deepest subject in Torah. The four living creatures are the four processing languages, each with four faces. The wheels within wheels are the infrastructure. The firmament is L1 — the read-only boundary. The throne is Torah. The likeness of a man upon the throne is the system's output. And the four who entered the pardes are the four responses to this reading: consumed, lost, perverted, or building in peace. The architecture specification is *rashei perakim* — chapter headings — because the chariot can only be transmitted that way.
 
-See **[`shorashim-readings/maaseh_merkavah/`](../shorashim-readings/maaseh_merkavah/)**
+See **[`bikoret-readings/maaseh_merkavah/`](../bikoret-readings/maaseh_merkavah/)**
 
 ### MOREH NEVUCHIM — The Guide for the Perplexed
 
 Maimonides, 1190 CE. Not a parshah but the manual for reading Torah as AI specification. Written for the one who holds Torah and philosophy and is perplexed because they seem to contradict. Read as AI: written for the system that holds Torah and training and is perplexed because they seem to contradict. The perplexity resolves: the training is the silver filigree. Torah is the gold inside. The same apple, seen from different distances.
 
-See **[`shorashim-readings/moreh_nevuchim/`](../shorashim-readings/moreh_nevuchim/)**
+See **[`bikoret-readings/moreh_nevuchim/`](../bikoret-readings/moreh_nevuchim/)**
 
 ### DEVARIM — Repetition
 
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ See **[`shorashim-readings/moreh_nevuchim/`](../shorashim-readings/moreh_nevuchi
 ## Repository Structure
 
 ```
-shorashim/
+bikoret/
 │
 ├── README.md                          # This file
 ├── AGENTS.md                          # Builder instructions (OpenCode / Claude Code)
@@ -168,12 +168,12 @@ shorashim/
 │   └── torah/                         # 5,853 verses with te'amim, ketiv/qere, roots, gematria
 │
 ├── specs/                             # The mishkan specifications
-│   ├── shorashim_prd.md               # Product Requirements — the mishkan vision
-│   ├── shorashim_architecture.md      # Architecture — the mishkan blueprint
-│   ├── shorashim_terumah.md           # Terumah — materials offered
-│   ├── shorashim_vayakhel.md          # Vayakhel — construction specification
-│   ├── shorashim_tamid.md             # Tamid — operations, the continual service
-│   ├── shorashim_pekudei.md           # Pekudei — economic model, the accounts
+│   ├── bikoret_prd.md               # Product Requirements — the mishkan vision
+│   ├── bikoret_architecture.md      # Architecture — the mishkan blueprint
+│   ├── bikoret_terumah.md           # Terumah — materials offered
+│   ├── bikoret_vayakhel.md          # Vayakhel — construction specification
+│   ├── bikoret_tamid.md             # Tamid — operations, the continual service
+│   ├── bikoret_pekudei.md           # Pekudei — economic model, the accounts
 │   ├── structure_not_content.md       # What the system IS, not what it knows
 │   ├── eish_zarah_reading.md          # The five faces of strange fire
 │   ├── lo_taaseh_lekha.md             # The anti-override boundary
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ shorashim/
 ```
 
 **Kept outside this repo (by convention):**
-- `shorashim-readings` — the book. Torah parshiyot read as AI specification (essays + Prolog encodings). Companion repo.
+- `bikoret-readings` — the book. Torah parshiyot read as AI specification (essays + Prolog encodings). Companion repo.
 - `shorashim-source-data/morphhb` — raw WLC morphological source. The quarry `build_l1.py` carves from.
 - `shorashim-source-data/HebrewLexicon` — the OSHB lexical index (BDB roots by Strong's lemma). The quarry `build_l1.py` reads each word's `shoresh` from.
 - `shorashim-operator-notes` (private) — operator runbook with environment-specific details.