In a recent episode of his great podcast Streetwise Hebrew , host Guy Sharett reviews words deriving from the root פקח. He discusses the me...

The connection between the English " cumin " and the Hebrew kamon  כַּמּוֹן (often pronounced today kamun  כַּמּוּן) is broadly ac...

The chemical element cadmium  has an interesting etymology. Here's what the Online Etymology Dictionary states: bluish-white metallic e...

Thanks again for your patience as I test the email subscriptions once again. Since today is Purim, I thought you might enjoy a link to all o...

For those that remember, about two years ago I had to change the service to provide email subscriptions to Balashon.  Well, it turns out th...

What is the origin of the Talmudic word דְּיוֹקָן deyokan ? In rabbinic literature it meant "image, likeness", and today, in moder...

I was listening to an episode of The History of English Podcast , and I was surprised to hear "persimmon" included in a list of wo...