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  • From: "Vadim Cherny" <VadimCherny AT mail.ru>
  • To: "Matanya Ophee" <m.ophee AT orphee.com>, <b-hebrew AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [b-hebrew] Ex3:14
  • Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:09:00 +0300



> >That does not makes sense in English. In other languages, Russian and
Modern
> >Hebrew in particular, it is idiomatic refusal. And this meaning is
supported
> >by similar constructs in Ex33:19.
>
> For a very good reason: modern Hebrew colloquialisms are based
> directly on Russian, the language used by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda and
> others of my father's generation. One example:
>
> Russian: duraka pol rabota nye pokazivaiut
> Hebrew: letipesh lo mar-im khatzi avoda.
>
> There are hundreds of similar constructions, directly borrowed from
> Russian which you will never find in the Bible.
>

Then, again, there are many Russian - including Old Russian - words and
idioms subtly based on Hebrew. Much of Russian prisoners' slang is
straightforward Hebrew.

Vadim Cherny





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