Benjamin Suchard
@bnuyaminim.bsky.social
Hebrew Bible, Biblical Hebrew, Aramaic, Comparative Semitics. Blog: bnuyaminim.wordpress.com
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did anyone ever break benjamin
December 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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5yo counting in the back seat:
googolplex-seven
googolplex-eight
googolplex-nine…
INFINITY!
…infinity-one
infinity-two…
googolplex-seven
googolplex-eight
googolplex-nine…
INFINITY!
…infinity-one
infinity-two…
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
5yo counting in the back seat:
googolplex-seven
googolplex-eight
googolplex-nine…
INFINITY!
…infinity-one
infinity-two…
googolplex-seven
googolplex-eight
googolplex-nine…
INFINITY!
…infinity-one
infinity-two…
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הֵן יָרֵחַ בְּעַד יַעַר
אַל תָּרִיעוּ נָא רֵעָי
עֶרֶב חֶמֶד בָּא אֵלֵינוּ
קָרַב עֶרֶב נִיקוֹלָאי
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
הֵן יָרֵחַ בְּעַד יַעַר
אַל תָּרִיעוּ נָא רֵעָי
עֶרֶב חֶמֶד בָּא אֵלֵינוּ
קָרַב עֶרֶב נִיקוֹלָאי
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
December 5, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Repost from the 🐦📍:
הֵן יָרֵחַ בְּעַד יַעַר
אַל תָּרִיעוּ נָא רֵעָי
עֶרֶב חֶמֶד בָּא אֵלֵינוּ
קָרַב עֶרֶב נִיקוֹלָאי
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
הֵן יָרֵחַ בְּעַד יַעַר
אַל תָּרִיעוּ נָא רֵעָי
עֶרֶב חֶמֶד בָּא אֵלֵינוּ
קָרַב עֶרֶב נִיקוֹלָאי
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
וּמֵעֵינוּ הֹמִיִּם
לְמִי רָע לְמִי נָעִים
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it's that time of year again: JSTOR wrapped, my top five reads of the year on @jstor.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
it's that time of year again: JSTOR wrapped, my top five reads of the year on @jstor.bsky.social
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "hebrew" (123×)
2. "aramaic" (86×)
3. "arabic" (79×)
4. "semitic" (60×)
5. "looks" (46×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "hebrew" (123×)
2. "aramaic" (86×)
3. "arabic" (79×)
4. "semitic" (60×)
5. "looks" (46×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
Anisota's Annual Bluesky Harvest 2025
A recap of your year on Bluesky. Discover patterns, connections, and insights from your journey in the ATmosphere.
anisota.net
December 3, 2025 at 4:22 PM
My most-used words in 2025 were:
1. "hebrew" (123×)
2. "aramaic" (86×)
3. "arabic" (79×)
4. "semitic" (60×)
5. "looks" (46×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
1. "hebrew" (123×)
2. "aramaic" (86×)
3. "arabic" (79×)
4. "semitic" (60×)
5. "looks" (46×)
See which words you used the most here: anisota.net/harvest
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Oxford dating be like "We'd like to invite you to give a talk during Week -2 of Hogfather term."
December 3, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Oxford dating be like "We'd like to invite you to give a talk during Week -2 of Hogfather term."
normalize translating Arabic vocative particles as "holla"
![Dictionary entry: أَيَا
أَيَا a vocative particle, (Ṣ, M, Ḳ,) used in calling him who is near and him who is distant: [in the former case, like O: in the latter, like ho there, or soho, or holla:] you say, أَيَا زَيْدُ أَقْبِلْ [O Zeyd, advance: or ho there, or soho, or holla,, &c.]: (Ṣ:) or J is in error in saying this: it is used in calling to him who is distant: (Mughnee, Ḳ:) so say Ibn-El-Hájib, in the Káfiyeh, and El-Fakhr El-Járabardee; and the latter adds, or to him who is in a predicament like that of him who is distant, being sleeping or inadvertent; the person who calls thereby being eager for the person called to advance to him: (TA:) or not used in calling to him who is near: (Ḳ:) and ه is substituted for its hemzeh; (M, Ḳ;) so that one says, هَيَا. (M.) AZ says, I have heard them say, أَيَا إِيَاهُ أَقْبِلْ. (T in بَابُ الأَلِفَاتِ.) [Accord. to the TA, (art. ا,) one says also آيَا.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qbe3b7ljafblsyy4dhkkgj7t/bafkreid4hjp6unhairdlmm4ww7rizbwjasgvospqt5llyl3pdyf2ktnx7u@jpeg)
December 3, 2025 at 9:01 AM
normalize translating Arabic vocative particles as "holla"
Had me at beautifully surreal sunset skies, lost me at 2.30
Beautifully surreal #sunset skies over #Trondheim (at 2.30!) this afternoon ❄️
@photohour.bsky.social @stormhour.com #Nordisco #Nordisco2025
@photohour.bsky.social @stormhour.com #Nordisco #Nordisco2025
December 2, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Had me at beautifully surreal sunset skies, lost me at 2.30
This is how they built the Library of Alexandria
December 2, 2025 at 8:22 AM
This is how they built the Library of Alexandria
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Sea people? Why don't they 'see' the advantages of our extensive trade networks! 😂😂😂😂😂
November 29, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Sea people? Why don't they 'see' the advantages of our extensive trade networks! 😂😂😂😂😂
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Message from the human behind the bot: thanks to those who started the discussion on this one. Turns out this entry includes both an OCR error *and* an error in the printed BDB.
I'll add more details in a thread
I'll add more details in a thread
Entry:
י
Yôdh, tenth letter; used as numeral 10 in postBHeb.; יא or י´´א = 11; יב, י´´ב = 12, etc.; 14 and 15, however, are not י´´ה, י´´ו, which might stand for abbrev. of יהוה, but מ´´ו, מ´´ז, v. ט, and Ges §5. 4. R. 3a.
י
Yôdh, tenth letter; used as numeral 10 in postBHeb.; יא or י´´א = 11; יב, י´´ב = 12, etc.; 14 and 15, however, are not י´´ה, י´´ו, which might stand for abbrev. of יהוה, but מ´´ו, מ´´ז, v. ט, and Ges §5. 4. R. 3a.
December 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Message from the human behind the bot: thanks to those who started the discussion on this one. Turns out this entry includes both an OCR error *and* an error in the printed BDB.
I'll add more details in a thread
I'll add more details in a thread
They really have Unicode fonts for everything these days!
That should be /āfrīwan/ (not /-ān/). Here it is in Manichaean script
𐫛𐫎 𐫁𐫀𐫖𐫅𐫀𐫅 𐫀𐫁𐫡 𐫁𐫀𐫗
𐫛𐫎 𐫀𐫛𐫡𐫏𐫇𐫗 𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫢𐫤𐫀𐫅
𐫛𐫎 𐫁𐫀𐫖𐫅𐫀𐫅 𐫀𐫁𐫡 𐫁𐫀𐫗
𐫛𐫎 𐫀𐫛𐫡𐫏𐫇𐫗 𐫀𐫇𐫏𐫢𐫤𐫀𐫅
November 30, 2025 at 2:36 PM
They really have Unicode fonts for everything these days!
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Hilkhot Y’mei Vam-Megiddo
הִלְכוֹת יְמֵי וַם־מְגִדּוֹ
1) The practice of ום־מגידו (in English: Whamageddon) was taken as an obligation by the Jewish people during the era of the Mad Emperor רֵיגָנְטִיוֹכוּס, as a commemoration of the suffering that secular Christmas music has brought upon the Jewish people.
הִלְכוֹת יְמֵי וַם־מְגִדּוֹ
1) The practice of ום־מגידו (in English: Whamageddon) was taken as an obligation by the Jewish people during the era of the Mad Emperor רֵיגָנְטִיוֹכוּס, as a commemoration of the suffering that secular Christmas music has brought upon the Jewish people.
November 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Hilkhot Y’mei Vam-Megiddo
הִלְכוֹת יְמֵי וַם־מְגִדּוֹ
1) The practice of ום־מגידו (in English: Whamageddon) was taken as an obligation by the Jewish people during the era of the Mad Emperor רֵיגָנְטִיוֹכוּס, as a commemoration of the suffering that secular Christmas music has brought upon the Jewish people.
הִלְכוֹת יְמֵי וַם־מְגִדּוֹ
1) The practice of ום־מגידו (in English: Whamageddon) was taken as an obligation by the Jewish people during the era of the Mad Emperor רֵיגָנְטִיוֹכוּס, as a commemoration of the suffering that secular Christmas music has brought upon the Jewish people.
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Be on the look out for my forthcoming commentary on Pirkei Avot, titled: Daddy Issues
November 29, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Be on the look out for my forthcoming commentary on Pirkei Avot, titled: Daddy Issues
Liberated this one as well. Academia 👇, HCommons here: works.hcommons.org/records/b11j...
November 28, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Liberated this one as well. Academia 👇, HCommons here: works.hcommons.org/records/b11j...
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Arabic #WOTD:
هائل (hāʔil)
"dreadful, frightful, horrible"
as in Yefet ben Eli's Comm. on Dan. 11:1 (ed. Margoliouth):
وإن كان صوّر [الملائكة] هائلة فإنّ الله يمكن بني آدم من مشاهدتها
"Even if the forms [of angels] are horrible, God has enabled the sons of man to see them"
هائل (hāʔil)
"dreadful, frightful, horrible"
as in Yefet ben Eli's Comm. on Dan. 11:1 (ed. Margoliouth):
وإن كان صوّر [الملائكة] هائلة فإنّ الله يمكن بني آدم من مشاهدتها
"Even if the forms [of angels] are horrible, God has enabled the sons of man to see them"
November 27, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Arabic #WOTD:
هائل (hāʔil)
"dreadful, frightful, horrible"
as in Yefet ben Eli's Comm. on Dan. 11:1 (ed. Margoliouth):
وإن كان صوّر [الملائكة] هائلة فإنّ الله يمكن بني آدم من مشاهدتها
"Even if the forms [of angels] are horrible, God has enabled the sons of man to see them"
هائل (hāʔil)
"dreadful, frightful, horrible"
as in Yefet ben Eli's Comm. on Dan. 11:1 (ed. Margoliouth):
وإن كان صوّر [الملائكة] هائلة فإنّ الله يمكن بني آدم من مشاهدتها
"Even if the forms [of angels] are horrible, God has enabled the sons of man to see them"
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I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Leiden, the Netherlands!
Happy World Linguistics Day from Melbourne, Australia!
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Happy World Linguistics Day from Leiden, the Netherlands!
learning any Arabic, Ge'ez, Modern South Arabian word:
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
learning any Arabic, Ge'ez, Modern South Arabian word:
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The hottest Israelite historiography album of the 4th century BCE.
November 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
The hottest Israelite historiography album of the 4th century BCE.
Interesting question, I found a good answer here:
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Interesting question, I found a good answer here: