Category: the Hebrew language
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macOS: changing keyboard input language
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/15173/changing-keyboard-input-language-on-mac-osx
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macOS: how to show or hide Keyboard Viewer with a keyboard shortcut?
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/59875/how-to-show-or-hide-keyboard-viewer-with-a-keyboard-shortcut I like the the non-mousing approach best: Fn+Ctrl+F8.
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Kaddish originally written in Hebrew!?!
https://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-5301143,00.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaddish#History_and_background : Professor Yoel Elitzur … argues that the Kaddish was originally written in Hebrew, and later translated to Aramaic to be better understood by the masses. He notes that quotations from the Kaddish in the Talmud and Sifrei are in Hebrew, and that even today some of the words are Hebrew rather than Aramaic.…
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a nice Russian and Hebrew word: Балаган = בלגן – pronounced “balagan”, it means: disorder
The word originated from Persian “balatchan”, borrowed by Turkish as “bala han”, and from Turkish to Russian as “balagan”, since there’s no “h” in Russian it is always replaced with “g”. In Persian in meant “balcony” (which is the same word, same meaning), and also “attic”. In some Slavic language the word still has that…
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English has just one word for all types of blue – Hebrew goes one better – @elongilad’s latest color piece in HaAretz explains
http://www.haaretz.com/news/features/word-of-the-day/1.578992
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a “maven” is a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maven A maven (also mavin) is a trusted expert in a particular field, who seeks to pass knowledge on to others. The word maven comes from Hebrew, and means one who understands, based on an accumulation of knowledge. …