From: JNugent73@mail.com 
  
 On 05/08/2025 11:25 AM, Roger Hayter wrote: 
  
 > "JNugent"  wrote: 
 >> On 04/08/2025 11:38 PM, Roger Hayter wrote: 
  
 [ ... ] 
  
 >>>>> Is 'holocaust' a rough translation of a Hebrew word? I believe the 
 >>>>> Palestinians have a similar Arabic word for the mass slaughter, 
 destruction 
 >>>>> and population expulsions on the formation of Israel. 
 > 
 >>>> I'm sure that "holocaust" is Greek in origin and came into English via 
 >>>> Latin. 
 > 
 >>>> Think: "hypercaust". 
 > 
 >>> That of course is totally irrelevant to my point. 
  
 What "point"? 
  
 You asked a question!  [It's there above ^.] 
  
 >> My point was that there is a 
 >>> Hebrew word for the holocaust as well as the English word for it. Whether 
 the 
 >>> usage was parallel or whether the Hebrew word came first and people used 
 >>> "holocaust" as the equivalent word in English was my question. How 
 'holocaust' 
 >>> became the standard English word for the event and its etymology is an 
 >>> entirely separate question. 
  
 You didn't say that when asking your question. 
 > 
 >> But you asked whether it was a translation of a Hebrew word! ;-) 
 > 
 > I asked whether it was used as a translation of the Hebrew word. 
  
 That is not borne out by the exact words you used: 
  
 "Is 'holocaust' a rough translation of a Hebrew word?" 
  
 What's the problem? 
  
 > Not whether 
 > there was a valid etymological reason for doing so. 
  
 You got a straightforward and accurate answer to the question you *did* ask. 
  
 It's hard to see how it could have been more relevant. 
  
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