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DavidSusen
262
Love this explanation of שום דבר - garlic talk חחחחח :-P
David F. James, B.E. from University of Montserrat (2010)
Answered Jan 11, 2019
Shum is the Hebrew word for garlic. In the phrase ‘shum davar’ it literally means ‘garlic talk’, or to put it into understandable English, speech that is trivial, unimportant, and a waste of time.
SammySalte
178
Could someone explain the לא? In English this would make it a double negative, I'm assuming that's not the case here? And would leaving it out be wrong?