I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory.
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas.
For some reason cowboy sounds better than cowman.
Words differently arranged have a different meaning, and meanings differently arranged have different effects.
A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.
You know, it's always good to have a synonym just for variety.
Here's the point to be made - there are no synonyms. There are no two words that mean exactly the same thing.
Languages are something of a mess. They evolve over centuries through an unplanned, democratic process that leaves them teeming with irregularities, quirks, and words like 'knight.'
