Lo naim means more than "unpleasant" and has no exact English equivalent.
By Rabbi Julian Sinclair
According to the Mishnah (Ohalot 1), we have 248 limbs (evarim), the numerical equivalent of the word ramach.
"An educated person must know the wisdom of higayon for the sake of his Torah study."
In Arabic, dugri means truthfulness to the facts, the opposite of a lie.
Kayemet means exists or remains.
Chosen not only refers to muscle but also to wealth or treasure.
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Its literal translation is “what would give”.
Nadiv means both generous and noble.
In addition to meaning “thus”, ken also means valid.
Chanucah celebrates the success of the Hasmonean Revolt, in Hebrew Mered.
Chanucah celebrates the Jewish victory over the Yevanim, the Greeks.
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Today, leshon bnai Adam means "laymen's terms".
Levyatan in Hebrew means “whale” and in biblical Hebrew refers to a great sea-creature.
Today, shivi’im is trifling amount compared to the reigning big numbers of billion and trillion.
The term moshav laitzim comes from Psalms 1:1. “Happy is the man that has not walked in the counsel of the wicked, nor stood in the way of sinners, nor sat in a place of scoffers.”