User talk:Yaavod

Shalom!!

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Speedy deletion of Hello chaps
A tag has been placed on Hello chaps, requesting that it be speedily deleted from Wikipedia. This has been done under section G1 of the criteria for speedy deletion, because the page appears to have no meaningful content or history, and the text is unsalvageably incoherent. If the page you created was a test, please use the sandbox for any other experiments you would like to do. Feel free to leave a message on my talk page if you have any questions about this.

If you think that this notice was placed here in error, you may contest the deletion by adding  to the top of the page that has been nominated for deletion (just below the existing speedy deletion or "db" tag), coupled with adding a note on the talk page explaining your position, but be aware that once tagged for speedy deletion, if the article meets the criterion it may be deleted without delay. Please do not remove the speedy deletion tag yourself, but don't hesitate to add information to the article that would would render it more in conformance with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines. Lastly, please note that if the article does get deleted, you can contact one of these admins to request that a copy be emailed to you. Tlesher (talk) 01:26, 3 June 2008 (UTC)

Yaavod
A quick Google search yields several uses of the word, such as "verav yaavod tzair" (The old shall serve the young), and "Va-yaavod Yaakov be'Rachel sheva shanim" (And Jacob worked for Rachel for seven years). I don't speak Yiddish or Hebrew, but it would seem to me that the word means something like "serve" or "work" or "help".

Could maybe the common usage of the word as "hello" stems from the phrase "How can I help you?" or "How can i serve you?" and eventually all the other words were dropped leaving only "serve" which though frequent use became synonymous with "hello"?

Let me know if I'm crazy. --Mblumber (talk) 01:03, 4 June 2008 (UTC)