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Davka Corporation is a software company specializing in applications related to Jewish history, customs and traditions and the Hebrew language. [1] [2] Founded in 1982, Davka is notable as the publisher of several early games for the Apple II computers including The Lion's Share (1983 video game) by Robert Aaron and The Philistine Ploy by Robert Aaron and Alan Rosenbaum.
Cover of Steinberg O.N. Jewish and Chaldean etymological dictionary to Old Testament books 1878. Hebräisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch über die Schriften des Alten Testaments mit Einschluß der geographischen Nahmen und der chaldäischen Wörter beym Daniel und Esra (Hebrew-German Hand Dictionary on the Old Testament Scriptures including Geographical Names and Chaldean Words, with Daniel and ...
"Hebraism" may also refer to a lexical item with Hebrew etymology, i.e. that (ultimately) derives from Hebrew. [2] For example, the English word stiff-necked, meaning "stubborn", is a calque of Greek σκληροτράχηλος, which is a calque of Hebrew קשה עורף qeshēh ʿōref "hard of neck; stubborn".
Kashaph seems to mean mutter, although the Septuagint renders the same phrase as pharmakia (poison), so it may refer to magic potions. In the Book of Esther , Haman casts lots to decide the date on which to exterminate the Jews of Shushan ; the Jewish festival of Purim commemorates the subsequent chain of events.
The "Nakdan" is an advanced system for the automatic Niqqud (adding diacritics) of Hebrew text, developed by Dr. Avi Shmidman, a researcher in the Department of Hebrew Literature at Bar-Ilan University and an advisor at the academy of the Hebrew Language, Elthiel Shmidman, Professor Moshe Koppel, a computer science professor, and Professor Yoav Goldberg, an expert in computer science and ...
Prior to the coinage and adoption of the term "Open Source" in 1998, several Jewish computer scientists, typographers, and linguists developed free software of interest to Jews, students of Judaism, and readers of Hebrew. "Free software" (not to be confused with freeware) is software shared under a free license (such as the GPL), where the ...
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Each Hebrew page is opposite a page of English translation—one Hebrew folio takes approximately six to eight pages of English to translate. [2] The literal meaning of the text is shown in bold, while supplementary words and phrases that ease the quick transition of topics are shown in regular font.