Wednesday, January 8, 2025

A seal is a "sea dog"

Learn Hebrew noun conjugations using the word "kelev" (dog) as an example in the children's book. Kelev and Kalba: כֶּלֶב וְכַּלְבָּה.
The Hebrew term for "seal" is "sea dog" ("kelev yam"). Other languages also refer to various members of the pinniped clade as "sea dog". In Chinese, "sea dog" ("hai gou") refers to fur seals. In  German, "sea dog" ("seehund") refers to harbor seals. In Dutch, "sea dog" ("zeehond") refers to  earless seals (true seals).


Tuesday, October 8, 2024

If a ghost asks you to help xem stop a pandemic, what would your response be?

Green skinned glowing old man in medieval Chinese clothing
 In the folktale “Ten Thousand Words to Quell a Pestilence”, a ghost guards an imprisoned disease demon who breaks forth to ravage the human world every 60 years. 60 years ago, humans were saved from a pandemic when a Taoist priest locked the demon in a box.  But as the years went by, the seal on the box grew weaker. The ghost guardian cannot reinforce the seal that keeps the disease demon imprisoned – this must be done by a living human...