The first reason is that Hebrew numbers don’t follow the standard predictable pattern of Hebrew words. In fact, they are opposite that pattern.

A very common word in Israeli Hebrew, even if it is not always put into practice; derived from s-b-l “to carry a load; to endure; to suffer.” Likewise, the English (Latin) word “patient ...

The Hebrew word we need right now doesn’t seem to exist ‘Kneytsh,’ the Yiddish word for ‘nuance,’ is the key ingredient currently missing from our conversations on the war ...

I'm sure you can think of words that come from Hebrew or Yiddish — religious words like rabbi and torah, food words like bagel and latke, cultural words like chutzpah and verklempt. But there's ...

The most common Hebrew word for “secret” is sod. This word appears more than twenty times throughout the Bible, but it does not quite mean “secret” in the same way that we use it nowadays ...

A suggested definition for the word "divoc" has been spread by people across social media, who claim it has a meaning in Hebrew.

Hebrew would enable the Jews to transcend the disparities imposed by a hundred different exiles, and to powerfully enhance their common roots.

This can also explain why Israelis will often throw out English slang or curse words in the workplace or public that Anglos would think twice about using in common conversation.

Mammon is not in the Bible, where other words are used, such as hon ve-’osher be-veto, “Wealth and riches are in his house” (of the righteous) (Psalms 112:3), but it is very common in ...