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Hebrew for “To Give Someone Drink”

In another episode, we discussed the apparent lack of a single English word that means “give someone something to drink” in the same way that feed means to “give someone food to eat.” A listener points out that in Hebrew, that function is fulfilled by the word לְהַשְׁקוֹת, or le-hash-kot. This is part of a complete episode.

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