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Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Etymology of Hebrew Qohelet
From Eric Thomson (via email):
Ephraimites and Gileadites alike evidently had trouble with the shibboleth 'google it', hence 'qohel it', which later qohelesced into 'Qohelet'.