Today's Balashon blog at *http://www.balashon.com/* <http://www.balashon.com/> tells us that Klein's English dictionary of Hebrew etymologies has been put online by Sefaria at *https://www.sefaria.org.il/Klein_Dictionary?lang=bi <https://www.sefaria.org.il/Klein_Dictionary?lang=bi>* You will have to "register" to use this dictionary at *https://www.sefaria.org.il/register?next=%2FKlein_Dictionary%252C_%25D7%2595%25D6%25B7%25D7%25A1%25D6%25B8%25D6%25BC%25D7%25AA%3Flang%3Dbi <https://www.sefaria.org.il/register?next=%2FKlein_Dictionary%252C_%25D7%2595%25D6%25B7%25D7%25A1%25D6%25B8%25D6%25BC%25D7%25AA%3Flang%3Dbi> * but registration is free.
Klein can be very useful when teaching English words that have Hebrew origins or cognates. For example, the word "faucet" has an unknown origin in the *Online Etymological Dictionary* at *https://www.etymonline.com/word/faucet <https://www.etymonline.com/word/faucet> * But if you know that the consonantal Hebrew letter vav had an F/Ph-sound, you can connect "faucet" to Hebrew vav-samekh-tof *וסת* = to regulate. The same letters represent the Hebrew word for menstruation for which Klein does *not* know the origin. But now that you know the vav had an F/Ph-sound, you can trace it to Greek *phasis* = phase of the moon. *https://translate.google.co.il/?hl=en&tab=rT#view=home&op=translate&sl=el&tl=en&text=%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82 <https://translate.google.co.il/?hl=en&tab=rT#view=home&op=translate&sl=el&tl=en&text=%CF%86%CE%AC%CF%83%CE%B9%CF%82> * You can see a more complete list of Hebrew letter ancient sounds at *https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4sdaq086hv4t02/SoundChangeHandOut.docx?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/j4sdaq086hv4t02/SoundChangeHandOut.docx?dl=0>* Izzy [email protected]
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