Dew of Your Youthhttps://www.dewofyouryouth.com/A blog by Jacob Shore about genealogy, language learning, faith, and software — tracing family history, studying Arabic, and thinking carefully about things that matter.enWed, 28 Oct 2026 18:27:24 UTCHow Much Phoenician Can I Read with Hebrew?https://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/tabnit-sarcophagus/https://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/tabnit-sarcophagus/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 01:55:21 +0200How Much Phoenician Can I Read with Hebrew? A Hebrew speaker reads Tabnit’s Phoenician curse against grave robbers, carved on a recycled Egyptian coffin, with the guesses and corrections left visible.If You Know Hebrew, Do You Know Moabite?https://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/mesha-stele/https://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/mesha-stele/Fri, 23 Oct 2026 11:37:15 +0300If You Know Hebrew, Do You Know Moabite? A Hebrew speaker reads the ninth-century BCE Mesha Stele without first studying Moabite, keeping the misreadings visible, to see how far Hebrew actually gets you.Bread, Meat, or a Meal? Hebrew and Arabic as Cousinshttps://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/bread-or-meat/https://www.dewofyouryouth.com/post/bread-or-meat/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 01:00:00 +0300Bread, Meat, or a Meal? Hebrew and Arabic as Cousins Hebrew לחם means bread. Arabic لحم means meat. Trying to understand how that happened sent me back to Daniel, the korbanos, and a disagreement between Ibn Ezra and the Ramban.