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 two posts per month
- First post on
Posts per month
| Month starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| Mar 2022 | 4 |
| Apr 2022 | 3 |
| May 2022 | 1 |
| Jun 2022 | 3 |
| Jul 2022 | 4 |
| Aug 2022 | 2 |
| Sep 2022 | 0 |
| Oct 2022 | 2 |
| Nov 2022 | 3 |
| Dec 2022 | 1 |
| Jan 2023 | 2 |
| Feb 2023 | 0 |
| Mar 2023 | 5 |
| Apr 2023 | 0 |
| May 2023 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 2 |
| Jul 2023 | 4 |
| Aug 2023 | 5 |
| Sep 2023 | 0 |
| Oct 2023 | 2 |
| Nov 2023 | 0 |
| Dec 2023 | 1 |
| Jan 2024 | 3 |
| Feb 2024 | 0 |
| Mar 2024 | 0 |
| Apr 2024 | 0 |
| May 2024 | 2 |
| Jun 2024 | 5 |
| Jul 2024 | 3 |
| Aug 2024 | 3 |
| Sep 2024 | 1 |
| Oct 2024 | 0 |
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Most recent posts
The Hebrew month of Elul אֱלוּל begins this week, so let's look at its etymology. As with the other names of the months in the current Hebrew calendar, it was adopted in Babylonia, and therefore …
Rabbi David Bashevkin (of the enjoyable 18Forty podcast) recently posted on his Substack an essay entitled "The Revival of Hebrew." It's an interesting review of the history of the renewal of Hebrew and the religious …
The Hebrew word for "feeding tube" (or more technically a nasogastric or orogastric tube) is זוֹנְדָּה zonda. This is clearly not a natively Hebrew word. In fact, the Academy of the Hebrew Language coined machder …