Ancient Jews held large communal meals, inviting friends, relatives and perhaps even strangers to fulfill the thank offering.

Every Israeli can suggest new words to the academy, and the academy’s board meets periodically to discuss the propositions and accept or reject them. Academy members, naturally, also propose words.

English and European words such as alphabet, earth, loco and habitat could come from Hebrew, according to an independent Israeli linguistics researcher who has written a number of unpublished ...

The advent of the computer has contributed many new words to modern languages, or new meanings to old words. In Hebrew: maHshev “computer”; dafdefan “browser” (from daf “page,” difdef “turn pages, ...

The answer is וווו spelling the word ‘U’vavo’ meaning, ‘and his hook’. (In Hebrew letters: וווו). The letter "ו" means "and" and it is always connected to a word, it cannot stand alone. I doubt there ...

The oldest recorded alphabet may be Hebrew. According to a controversial new study by archaeologist and ancient inscription specialist Douglas Petrovich, Israelites in Egypt took 22 ancient Egyptian ...

In the faint light that interrupts the darkness of our chaos we not only look to the young, but also daily read reports of the spreading of light among the caring and often cared-for aged among us.

Ahead of this year's Hebrew Language Day which falls on Dec. 25, milk cartons in Israel's supermarkets have been printed with some new Hebrew words. Photo taken on Dec. 19, 2021 shows milk cartons ...