Balashon - Hebrew Language Detective
A blog about the origin of Hebrew words and phrases and how they relate to English and other languages.
- By David Curwin
- Based in Israel
- Roughly 17 posts per year
- First post on
Posts per year
| Year starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 23 |
| 2023 | 21 |
| 2024 | 3 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
After a soldier enlists in the Israeli army, there are two words to describe him (or her, although I'm providing the male forms of the words): טִירוֹן tiron - "new recruit" and טוּרַאי turai - …
How did the word בְּדִימוֹס bedimos (sometimes pronounced bedimus) come to mean "retired, emeritus "?In Talmudic literature, we find the word dimos דִימוֹס meaning "pardoned, acquitted." For example: אמר לו הואיל והאמנתי עליך דימוס פטור …
What is the origin of the word andarta אַנְדַּרְטָה - "monument, memorial"?The word first appears in rabbinic Hebrew, where it was spelled אַנְדְּרָטָא. The meaning in those sources in the Talmud, midrashim, and Targumim is …