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Hebrew word of the week: Hammah (sun, hot)
August 3, 2016
Words in any language may become obsolete or change in pronunciation and meaning.
Hebrew word of the week: Vegetarians / TsimHonim
July 27, 2016
Fast-growing trends in America and Europe, such as becoming tsimHonim “vegetarians” or Tiv’ıonim “vegans” (“naturalists”), are adopted very quickly in Israel, and some seem to have a basis in Judaism.
Hebrew word of the week: PatsHan = Hacker
July 13, 2016
The advent of the computer has contributed many new words to modern languages, or new meanings to old words.
Hebrew word of the week: Lo’ tirtsah/Thou shall not kill
June 15, 2016
The original sense of r-ts-H* was “to smash, shatter” as in retsaH be-’atsmotay “crushing my bones” (Psalms 42:11); Arabic and Aramaic cognates “to crush.”
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