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"I discovered Hebrew words I had never come across before. What is the difference between one variety of fig and another? In Hebrew, the words are meticulous: the verb le’erot, for example, which refers to the act of plucking figs from a tree, is grounded in the word for light, orr, since figs must be picked as early in the day as possible." #MeirShalev #JoannaChen #Literature #Poetry #Hebrew #Hebrew https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/translation-and-the-terebinth/