Politics, health terms feature in new words added to Hebrew dictionary
Terms and phrases borrowed by Hebrew speakers such as capitalism, activism, legitimacy and asymptomatic were given official Hebrew translations.
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Terms and phrases borrowed by Hebrew speakers such as capitalism, activism, legitimacy and asymptomatic were given official Hebrew translations.
From the blog of Valeria Chazin at The Times of Israel
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