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There were the Hebrew letters הפלפמ — ha’pelpem — above the numbers 4:6, suggesting a chapter and verse of the Bible. But Vientos isn’t Jewish. Neither is the verse.
My Greek Israeli heroine, who at the age of fifty six gave birth to the first modern Greek-Hebrew, Hebrew-Greek dictionary; Despina went through 10 years of extended labor, working 5 hours daily ...
In the Arabic language, Hebrew’s close cousin, there are two forms of the letter ‘ayin: the “normal” ‘ayin (ع), pronounced as a constriction of the throat, and an ‘ayin with a dot ...
In September 2025, Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor of Hebrew, a role established by King Henry VIII.
The Canaanites were made up of different ethnic groups who lived in the ancient Land of Canaan, and they likely invented the world's first alphabet.
Arguments that Blake knew Hebrew date back to Frederick Tatham, who cared for Catherine after Blake’s death in 1827. In a letter to bookseller Frances Harvey, Tatham said that Blake’s library ...
The Bank of Lithuania minted the first euro piece of currency containing Hebrew letters. The 10-euro coin was minted on Tuesday and is a limited-edition commemorative collector’s item ...
Well, first, let us talk about where the name "Jesus Christ" comes from. The name Jesus is an Anglicized form of the Latin name Iesus, which is in turn a Latinized form of the ancient Greek name ...
In September 2025, Aaron Koller will become the first Jew to join the university’s department of Middle Eastern Studies as the Regius Professor of Hebrew, a role established by King Henry VIII.