etymology Archives - Milhamah: Fighting Words https://milhamah.com/tag/etymology/ When a war of words goes hot Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:04:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://milhamah.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/cropped-MilhamahIcon-1-32x32.png etymology Archives - Milhamah: Fighting Words https://milhamah.com/tag/etymology/ 32 32 153044239 Davar and dever: Hebrew and the plague https://milhamah.com/davar-and-dever-hebrew-and-the-plague/ https://milhamah.com/davar-and-dever-hebrew-and-the-plague/#respond Wed, 29 Apr 2020 02:04:56 +0000 http://milhamah.com/?p=9716 It’s a bit off-topic from “Milhamah” stuff, but the coronavirus inspired some recent articles on Hebrew and plagues. The connection makes sense, as the word davar (for “word” or “thing”) shares the same ד-ב-ר root as dever (“plague”). The root […]

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