I'm Elon Gilad β a historian and linguist at Haaretz, Israel's oldest daily newspaper. This channel decodes Hebrew, the Bible, and Jewish history through etymology and archaeology.
Every video answers a question most people never thought to ask: Where did this Hebrew word come from? What did the Bible say before translation? Why does that symbol appear on the Israeli passport? Ancient history hides in plain sight β on Israeli streets, in prayer books, on a shekel coin, inside the words you say every day.
Topics: Biblical Hebrew, Second Temple history, Jewish holidays, etymology, biblical archaeology, and the strange stories behind the words and symbols of modern Israel.
New videos Sunday through Friday.
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