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Are questions purely about Hebrew in-scope?

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On Mi Yodeya, questions about Hebrew that aren't clearly about Judaism are considered out of scope. Should that be the case here, or should questions about the Hebrew language be ipso facto on-topic?

Questions to consider (please edit in more if you see fit):

  • Is Modern Hebrew treated differently than Rabbinic, Mishnaic, Biblical Hebrew, etc.?

  • Are other languages of the Jews, such as Aramaic, Yiddish, and Ladino, treated similarly?

  • What about comparative Ancient Near Eastern linguistics?

  • Are questions like "how does one conjugate this verb into this tense" on topic?

  • Are questions like "what does this Hebrew tattoo mean" on topic?

  • Are questions like "please translate this sentence into Hebrew" on topic?

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posted over 4 years ago
4y ago by DonielF‭
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Monica Cellio‭ wrote over 4 years ago
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This is a question not a proposal, so I interpret upvotes to mean "this is a good question" and not "we should include this in our scope" (and I would not interpret downvotes as "we should not include"). To express opinions on the scope question, please write answers. :-)

AA ‭ wrote over 4 years ago · edited over 4 years ago
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"Please translate this passage in Agnon into English for me" "Why did Agnon choose this image to describe X" "Which parts of Israel prefer conjugation X over Y in daily speech" "What does this slang term I heard from a cab driver mean"

Aliza‭ wrote almost 4 years ago
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I don't see a resolution. I have a question about the Yiddish words fleishik and fleishike ; is it in scope?

Isaac Moses‭ wrote almost 4 years ago
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@Aliza We haven't established a consensus about this yet. I encourage you to post your question, and we'll see how the community handles it. The more explicitly it has to do with Judaism, the more of the proposals here it would likely satisfy, and the better reception it will likely get.