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A transliteration guide: ɑ – u in up; ɛ – e in bed; i – ee in feet; u – oo in boot; ʁ – r in French and German; χ – ch in German and j in Spanish; ʃ – sh in fish; t͡ʃ – ch in beach; t͡s – ts in cats; j – y in you. *Translation is of Israeli Hebrew unless otherwise stated.
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🧵 THREAD: The Hebrew word for "one"—ekhad—seems ancient and unshakable. But here's the twist: it's a linguistic imposter that overthrew the original word across almost every Semitic language.
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The Hebrew word for 'religion' and the English word 'date' are distant cousins #etymology
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Did you know the Hebrew words for 'champion' and 'general' are the same by pure chance?
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Did you know Hebrew has a congratulatory word that doesn’t exist in any other language?
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How @HebAcademy fought against the word for backing and lost