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  1. Jewterpretor @[email protected] ·

    QRT babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/1

    A short #JWHIA #SchoolLetter! Lots of #names, some #OldFriends, and tasty #snacks If I skip something you are curious about, @ me. Onward!

    #Gveret (also #Geveret, #Giveret, G'veret) /'g(ə)veret (Hebrew)/ = lady, madame, Ms. (can be used as a title)

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    #jwhia #schoolletter #names #gveret #geveret #giveret
  2. Jewterpretor @[email protected] ·

    It's my understanding that in modern Israeli Hebrew, 1) #Gever and #Gveret aren't actually equivalent: Gveret is a title but Gever isn't, it just means "man," and the titles used instead are Mar (=Mr) or Adon (=Mr, Lord); but also 2) people default to first names in most contexts and don't really use title+surname as a common form of address.

    The JWHIA folks do everything intentionally, so what's up? some hypotheses:

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    #gever #gveret
  3. Jewterpretor @[email protected] ·

    QRT babka.social/@jewwhohasitall/1

    #Gveret (also Geveret, G'veret) /'g(ə)veret (Hebrew)/ = lady, madame, Ms

    (but see Gever, below!)

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    #gveret