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Where does “אגב” come from?
אגב (Hebrew) comes from Aramaic אגב, from Aramaic עַל גַּב.
אגב
(Hebrew): by the way
Definitions
by the way
Ancestry of “אגב”, step by step
Step
Language
Word
Meaning
1
Aramaic
אגב
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2
Aramaic
עַל גַּב
—
Words derived from “אגב”
אַגבֿ
אַגבֿדיק
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