Wednesday, March 22, 2023
pakach and pikuach nefesh
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In a recent episode of his great podcast Streetwise Hebrew , host Guy Sharett reviews words deriving from the root פקח. He discusses the me...
Tuesday, March 14, 2023
cumin and kimmel
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The connection between the English " cumin " and the Hebrew kamon כַּמּוֹן (often pronounced today kamun כַּמּוּן) is broadly ac...
Sunday, March 12, 2023
cadmium and kedem
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The chemical element cadmium has an interesting etymology. Here's what the Online Etymology Dictionary states: bluish-white metallic e...
Tuesday, March 07, 2023
another email test
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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...
Monday, March 06, 2023
more changes for email subscribers
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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...
Sunday, January 08, 2023
deyokan
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What is the origin of the Talmudic word דְּיוֹקָן deyokan ? In rabbinic literature it meant "image, likeness", and today, in moder...
Sunday, January 01, 2023
persimmon and afarsemon
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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...
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