root of the matter

The essential part or cause of something, as in We still don't understand what happened; we must get to the root of the matter. This expression was first recorded in the Bible (Job 19:28).

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Grusha	-	Russian
Chandra	-	Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese, Hindi, Marathi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Nepali
Booz	-	Biblical Latin
Rahul	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Assamese, Odia, Gujarati, Punjabi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Telug
Godwine	-	Anglo-Saxon
Taavi	TAH:-vee (Finnish)	Estonian, Finnish