Smithsonian Magazine

A 1928 Yiddish-English-Hebrew Dictionary May Be the First Official Record of “Meh”

The term “meh,” defined as “an expression of indifference or boredom,” entered the Collins English Dictionary in 2008. According to Know Your Meme, the term’s origins trace back to a 1992 “Melrose ...
University of Sheffield

The Dictionary of Classical Hebrew now indexed

Sheffield Phoenix Press have announced a new 834-page volume, enhancing the Dictionary of Classical Hebrew (DCH), the standard dictionary of ancient Hebrew edited by David J.A. Clines, Professor ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Lost and Found in Translation: The First Modern Greek-Hebrew, Hebrew-Greek Dictionary Is Born

FEBRUARY 10, 2018 19:22 Despina Liozidou Shermister Despina Liozidou Shermister is my hero. My Greek Israeli heroine, who at the age of fifty six gave birth to the first modern Greek-Hebrew, ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs

Politics, health terms feature in new words added to Hebrew dictionary

Politics, health terms feature in new words added to Hebrew dictionary Terms and phrases borrowed by Hebrew speakers such as capitalism, activism, legitimacy and asymptomatic were given official ...