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* The city [[Gehanna]]. This has the same root. It would be safe to assume that the [[Judaism|Jewish]] colonists who inhabited it named it after [[wikipedia:Gehanna|the Jewish hell]].
* The city [[Gehanna]]. This has the same root. It would be safe to assume that the [[Judaism|Jewish]] colonists who inhabited it named it after [[wikipedia:Gehanna|the Jewish hell]].
* The colony planet [[Ha'olam]]. In Hebrew, this means simply "the world" and is the word used in real-world Hebrew to describe [[Earth]]. Judging by this and obviously [[Jewish]] characters in the novel (like [[Shoshana Rubernstein]]), it is safe to assume that the planet has Jewish/Hebrew origins. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'')
* The colony planet [[Ha'olam]]. In Hebrew, this means simply "the world" and is the word used in real-world Hebrew to describe [[Earth]]. Judging by this and obviously [[Jewish]] characters in the novel (like [[Shoshana Rubernstein]]), it is safe to assume that the planet has Jewish/Hebrew origins. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Seeing I (novel)|Seeing I]]'')
* The name [[Abaddon]], the devil trapped under [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the rift]], sounds a lot like the Hebrew word for "doom", אבדון (Avaddon).
* The name [[Abaddon]], the demon trapped under [[Cardiff Space-Time Rift|the rift]], sounds a lot like the Hebrew word for "doom", אבדון (Avaddon).


The song, "[[Dalek#Music|The Daleks]]"', repeatedly chants the lyrics "מה קורה," (''ma kor'eh'') "what is happening" in Hebrew, repeated over and over again.
The song, "[[Dalek#Music|The Daleks]]"', repeatedly chants the lyrics "מה קורה," (''ma kor'eh'') "what is happening" in Hebrew, repeated over and over again.

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Hebrew was an Earth language in which the Gospel of Mark was originally written. (PROSE: Byzantium!)

Bernice Summerfield was fluent in this language. (PROSE: Just War)

Behind the scenes

Several settings in the Doctor Who universe come from Hebrew words. They include, but are not limited to:

The song, "The Daleks"', repeatedly chants the lyrics "מה קורה," (ma kor'eh) "what is happening" in Hebrew, repeated over and over again.

See also

Hebrew (language)