Elon Gilad

I'm Elon Gilad — a historian and linguist at Haaretz, Israel's oldest daily newspaper. This channel decodes Hebrew, the Bible, and Jewish history through etymology and archaeology.

Every video answers a question most people never thought to ask: Where did this Hebrew word come from? What did the Bible say before translation? Why does that symbol appear on the Israeli passport? Ancient history hides in plain sight — on Israeli streets, in prayer books, on a shekel coin, inside the words you say every day.

Topics: Biblical Hebrew, Second Temple history, Jewish holidays, etymology, biblical archaeology, and the strange stories behind the words and symbols of modern Israel.

New videos Sunday through Friday.

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🗞️ Haaretz (EN): https://www.haaretz.com/ty-WRITER/0000017f-da24-d494-a17f-de27cac80000
🗞️ Haaretz (HE): https://www.haaretz.co.il/ty-WRITER/0000017f-da31-d42c-afff-dff35d280000

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