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Comment Post #277156 Not really. According to [this study](https://meyda.education.gov.il/files/AdultEducation/hed_haulpan/hed_25_101_yael_kalifon.pdf) on the origins of words in a corpus of modern Hebrew, it was found that only 1 in about 11 words of talmudic origin found in modern Hebrew had its meaning changed. So the...
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Comment Post #277156 @robev I suppose a better translation would be "grace", but in modern Hebrew it's most often understood as "beauty" (even if that's not the _correct_ meaning). [Morfix](https://www.morfix.co.il/%D7%97%D7%9F) says "grace, charm, attractiveness".
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Answer A: Why is "chinam" translated as "baseless"?
The Hebrew Academy often discusses the origins of various words in its articles. The article on parashat Dvarim says the following: > כמו המילה לַיְלָה, גם המילה יוֹמָם נגזרה בהוספת סיומת לשם עצם: יוֹם + ־ָם. יש גם מילים מקראיות אחרות בעלות משמעות תיאורית שנוצרו באופן זה: רֵיקָם ('בידיים ריקות'...
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