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Proposal: Hebrew Language & Usage

Should questions that ask about Lashon HaKodesh (the Holy Tongue) be considered on topic?

(This refers to the language used in the Torah and other religious writings as opposed to modern Hebrew.)

Obviously, there is much that these share in common, and yet there are also differences (mostly in usage, I think, rather than rules).

Should we limit the scope of this site to only those questions that deal with modern Hebrew?

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Just a pet peeve, since לשון הקודש is smihuth, it should be pronounced l'shon haqodesh – blockhead Mar 12 at 8:16
@blockhead - Or more accurately: leshon hakodesh. (Most speakers of Modern Hebrew do not distinguish between Tav and Thav, or Kuf and Qof.) – Adam Mosheh 11 hours ago
That makes it less accurate – blockhead 6 hours ago
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I think all flavors of Hebrew (including biblical, rabbinic, and modern) should be on-topic, including comparisons among them. Modern Hebrew is not that dissimilar from the others, but restricting the focus to just modern Hebrew cuts out a lot of potential interesting questions and risks narrowing the scope too much to be viable.

As with any SE site, tagging will be important. If people are only interested in a subset of the questions, they can filter on that.

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