Something Will Probably Go Here
May 18th, 2008Something will in fact go here. As a new immigrant in Israel, learning Hebrew is a formidable but essential barrier to overcome. Because language is such a joy, it seemed prudent to research the etymology behind the words – to learn the Hebrew whence the Hebrew originated.
Not only does it make the words more permanent and weighty in one’s mind, it brings individual words into full relief revealing a much more nuanced and layered language. In addition, the learned Hebrew words act as mirrors and reflect the mother tonue equivalents in new and unexpected ways.