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I love when the Hebrew language takes two words and brings them together into one combination word, or portmanteau (known in Hebrew as “helkhem”). Take the word for musical. The word itself is a combination of the word for a play, “mahazeh,” and “zemer,” meaning song or singing. Put them together and you’ve got a “mahazemer,” a word that flows so euphoniously and so precisely captures the intended meaning that...
