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Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective

Investigating the Semitic languages and their relationship to Hebrew.
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Related Topics: Arabic, Greek, Hebrew, languages, Latin, semitic languages, Yiddish
Author: David C.
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kalgas

Oct 15, 2009
Today I heard on the news a word I wasn't too familiar with: kalgas קלגס. The dictionary definition is "soldier", but the connotation seems to always be a brutal, thuggish soldier. It certainly sounded like it was not of Semitic origin, and Klein...

budke

Oct 12, 2009
Sukkot was last week, and we just put away the last part of our sukkah. So it seems like a good time to finish one last sukkot related word. During the holiday, we took a tour of the Herodion fortress. The guide told us to meet at the בודקה budke...

petek

Oct 9, 2009
On Hoshana Rabbah there is a custom to greet people with the Aramaic expression פתקא טבא pitka tava - for which the Hebrew equivalent is פתק טוב petek tov. In Modern Hebrew petek means note (or the piece of paper the note is written on),...

cherem and harem

Sep 27, 2009
The Hebrew word cherem חרם is familiar to most of us as a ban, an excommunication. This type of censure developed in Talmudic and Medieval times. However, the Biblical word also means "to ban". Klein says that in Biblical Hebrew it meant to ban,...

solet and semolina

Sep 14, 2009
In a previous post, I said I would discuss the difference between solet סולת and kemach קמח. There's a lot of confusion about this issue. Both are ground wheat; and while kemach is consistently translated as "flour", the best translation of each...


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Ahavah W.
10.0
superb
  What an incredible resource! I have book-marked it AND plan to introduce to my ladies group as we endeavour to lean Hebrew together. Don't suppose you have covered 'dodi' somewhere by any chance?
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Posted 11/20/08 3:11 PM


Diego P.
9.3
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  Well, my english is poor and maybe you don't understand this message, but I want to tell you what final at last I found an internet resource about the hebrew language very-very comprehensible and easy to read and understand. Greetings and regards from Caracas, Venezuela!!! KADIMA JAVER!!! Diego Parra Requena (Kemuel ben Aviyah)
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Ketzirah
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  Very unique material that you don't find anywhere else. It's well written and clear!
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