Most Semitic languages agree on the word for rain. Arabic has Maṭar. Aramaic has Meṭra. Akkadian had Muṭṭar. Even the Bible uses Maṭar. 🌧️📖 So why does modern Hebrew use Geshem? The honest answer is: We don't really know. It just shows up in the Bible alongside Matar, but its origins are murky. (It might be a scrambled version of an Arabic word for "tears"!) But here is the irony: While Geshem won the battle for the "rain," Matar won the battle for the "umbrella." The Hebrew word for umbrella

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