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.enTue, 20 Oct 2026 09:36:02 UTCBread, 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.