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 three 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 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
Someone recently asked me if I had written about the root אמן. I thought for sure I had already, but it turned out I only mentioned it very briefly as a sidenote in this post:Jastrow …
The Hebrew root ברא has three distinct meanings. Two are very familiar, one much less so.One meaning is "to create" and is found in the very first verse of the Tanakh: בְּרֵאשִׁית בָּרָא - "In …
Halakha הֲלָכָה can refer to the system of Jewish law as a whole, or the set of laws dealing with a specific subject. Most etymologies connect it to the root הלך, meaning "to walk" or …