I am trying to read a chapter of Hebrew every day, and I just realized that I have finished HALF of the book of Genesis!! In Hebrew!!!
Today I finished up Genesis 27, where we see Jacob pulling the fast one on Esau. And that sneaky Rivkah - talk about playing favourites!! No doubt who her golden boy is.
And no surprise that birthright בכרה (bekhorah) and blessing ברכה (berakhah) are practically the same word - just flip a couple of letters.
I also wondered about a word origin/mnemonic:
If English camel comes from Hebrew גמל (gamal) does the English kid (of a goat) come from גדי (gedi) ?
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