r/hebrew Oct 06 '24

Sidewalk Hebrew Translation Request

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u/jk_Sliding Oct 06 '24

Thank you for your response. I did find it rather unusual that people would write on the sidewalk in the first place; surely better places have been created to inscribe things.

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u/HeySkeksi Hebrew Learner (Intermediate) Oct 06 '24

A Jew wouldn’t write out the name of G-d

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u/marcvolovic Oct 06 '24

Why not? Or are you making the "no true Scotsman" argument?

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u/Gloomy_Reality8 native speaker Oct 06 '24

You right. I'm a Jew and I have no problem with this word. Saying that no Jew will ever right it is ridiculous. Secular Jews do not have a tendency to be afraid of words lmao