i think the consensus is to not talk about Hebrew in talks. which is sad. there's three really cool puns in Genesis 3.14-24 that i'd love to mention. but i think those i've talked to are probably right, it's better not to.
but my faithful reader can surely handle them!
the crafty עָרוּם (arum) serpent is cursed עָרוּר (arur) by God.
from the tree עֵץ (aitz) comes trauma עֶצֶב (etzev) in childbirth.
he ate from the tree עֵץ (aitz) but will now eat from his tears זֵע (zai - sweat).
i think they're all pretty cool. but maybe i can mention the first one? it's probably the clearest and maybe the least nerdy. but i'll probably not mention any. that's probably best.
(apologies - not sure why the Hebrew unicode looks so weird - all the vowels should be under the letter to the right.)
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