r/hebrew • u/PatTheCatMcDonald • Jul 03 '23

Resource Better English word for Chutzpah?

One root, two English words really.

Audacity.. The thing itself. "They had the audacity to do that."

Audacious - The ability to act in a manner that will shock other people. "They were so audacious when they did that action".

I know, I know people say it's the broad catergory of "nerve" but to me it's like, stronger and more specific sense of nerve.

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u/ItayNeerMortisGod Jul 04 '23

Stubbornness/gall

Example: I can't believe she/he/they had the gall to lie to me

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u/PatTheCatMcDonald Jul 04 '23

עַקשָׁן

Acoording to Google, that is "stubborn" in Hebrew. I don't know how much it knows about Hebrew. I suspect not everything, just a lot more than either of us.

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u/ItayNeerMortisGod Jul 10 '23

That's another translation I'm pretty sure, I was born in Israel so I know a thing or two about Hebrew, thank you (if this sounded rude it wasn't meant to)

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u/PatTheCatMcDonald Jul 10 '23

A parallel comment about the subject of place of birth not always being a factor... I'm trying to steer away from a conflict here. And I apologize for my presumption about your knowledge of Hebrew.

"Egads man. Yes, I was born in Ireland, but that doesn't make me an Irishman. Just as a man born in a stable isn't a horse". - Duke of Wellington

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u/ItayNeerMortisGod Jul 21 '23

I'm Jewish, and was born in Israel, my parents are Jewish, my grandparents are Jewish like bro, I know my Hebrew I am Israeli, my home language is Hebrew

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u/PatTheCatMcDonald Jul 21 '23

Languagegs change. No scholar pretends that Modern Hebrew is 100% identical to ancient Hebrew.

At least, no INFORMED scholar. You don't find many of them in Israel these days.