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 Format: Paperback, 1st ed., 304 pages
Edition: REPRINT
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0195086686
Release Date: Jan 9, 1992
| |  | | | In Brief
This dictionary includes some 600 Hebrew words and phrases. "Arrangedalphabetically, entries include both the Ashkenazi (northern European) and Sephardic (Mediterranean/Mideastern) spellings, a definition, and illustrations of use, which often include excerpts from the Bible, Talmud, Psalms, or sayings of famous rabbis or Jewish humorists and writers. Included are religious words (e.g., Kaddish: 'A prayer customarily recited by mourners'), words for Jewish holidays, . . . words from everyday Jewish life (tefilin: 'small black leather boxes containing biblical verses on parchment'), Israeli words (ozeret: 'cleaning woman'), and traditional Jewish sayings (chutzpah: 'breathtaking cheek'). The book begins with a . . . history of the Hebrew language and concludes with an alphabetical list of approximately 60 familiar biblical names in English, with Sephardic/Israeli Hebrew and Ashkenazi Hebrew forms and pronunciations." (Booklist)
| | | | From The Publisher
When do you say mazal tov? What is the English equivalent to the Talmudic expression Alya ve-kots ba ("a sheep's tail with a thorn in it")? What is a get, a golem, a kibbutz, a chalutz? What four plant species are waved during prayers on the harvest festival of Sukkot? You'll find answers to these questions and hundreds of others - all in clear English - in this remarkable collection of the best known, most loved Hebrew words and phrases in the English-speaking world. From Acharon to Zohar, this informative and often humorous dictionary features over six hundred Hebrew words and expressions arranged in alphabetical order (as well as an appendix listing all entry words in their Hebrew form). The first such guide to Hebrew, this volume is more than a mere lexicon - it is a jubilant celebration of Hebrew itself, a treasure trove of Jewish wit, wisdom, culture, and tradition. Lewis Glinert provides a concise definition of each entry, and then illustrates the word's usage with generous passages from the Bible and the Talmud, the prayers and the sayings of famous rabbis, the razor's edge of Jewish humor, excerpts from the work of Elie Wiesel, Adin Steinsaltz, S.Y. Agnon, Martin Buber, Naomi Shemer and other distinguished writers, folklore from all over the Jewish world, and colorful slices of modern Israeli life. There are words directly related to the practice of religion, such as amida (a prayer said standing, under one's breath, essentially a cry for help - for wisdom, health, peace, prosperity, and so forth) as well as the names of all the Jewish holy days and religious customs; words from everyday Jewish experience, such as peot (the long sidecurls customarily worn by the Chasidim); many words familiar from their use in Israel, such as rega (literally, "one moment," it is the Israeli equivalent of Mexico's manana) or miluim (army reserve service); and many traditional sayings, such as Tsarat rabim chatsi nechama ("A public woe is half a comfort"). In addition, G
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This informative and often humorous dictionary features over 600 Hebrew words and expressions arranged in alphabetical order. More than a mere lexicon, it is a jubilant celebration of Hebrew itself, a treasure trove of Jewish wit, wisdom, culture, and tradition.
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