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Meta Are questions purely about Hebrew in-scope?

Speaking personally, I agree with the other posts which propose allowing questions related to these Jewish languages but not related to Judaism as a religion. Speaking as a moderator, I just want t...

posted 4y ago by DonielF‭

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#1: Initial revision by user avatar DonielF‭ · 2020-07-22T01:51:58Z (over 4 years ago)
Speaking personally, I agree with the other posts which propose allowing questions related to these Jewish languages but not related to Judaism as a religion.

Speaking as a moderator, I just want to emphasize that the [help center](https://judaism.codidact.com/help/how-to-ask) mentions that you should do some basic research before asking your question. Presuming for the sake of example that these types of questions are, everything else being equal, allowed:

 - Translation wouldn't be allowed because of the ease by which any of these languages can be translated with a Google search (yes, there are actually Aramaic to English translators out there!).
 - Spelling questions should similarly be off-topic, but asking why a word is spelled the way it is would not be. (Compare "how do you spell the name Ahasuerus in Biblical Hebrew" with "why is Ahasuerus spelled אחשורוש in some locations in the Megillah, but אחשורש in others.")
 - Verb conjugation would be off-topic because of the ease by which one could search for that. Alternatively we might have a post at the introduction of this policy which gives a brief description of the verb conjugation rules, and all later conjugation questions can be closed as duplicates unless they demonstrate why that word is an exception to the general rules.
 - "What does this word say" should similarly be off-topic considering the fact that there's a number of free apps which allow you to take a picture of a foreign language and will automatically translate it for you.