New Life from Old Words https://mosaicmagazine.com/picks/uncategorized/2014/06/new-life-from-old-words/

June 23, 2014 | Daniel Estrin
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More than half of the words in modern Hebrew have roots in the Bible, and philologists continually craft new terms on their basis. So how do you say cupcake? 

Read more on Public Radio International: http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-06-19/history-hebrew-told-one-word-time