Stuart’s Daily Word Spot: Rabbi

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Rabbi noun - Jewish scholar or teacher with authority regarding law and doctrine; someone ordained to deal with questions of law and ritual, and to perform certain functions; a title of respect and form of address; person whose learning, authority, or status is like that of a Jewish rabbi; US slang - a senior official who exerts influence on behalf of someone.

‘Rebecca sought out the rabbi to explain to her a point of doctrine that seemed to contradict another she had read in a sacred text.’

Stuart's Daily Word Spot: Ugar

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Ugar:  noun - a pre-Phoenician Semitic language first discovered at the site of Ugarit; a god of vegetation, possibly Canaanite: adjective - pertaining to the language.

‘When speaking of Ugar, the famous archaeologist wondered whether first there was Ugarit and then Ugar, or the other way round: which spawned which, was the question.’

‘Bow down and worship Ugar the benevolent, or else he’ll make sure your crops don’t flourish; such, apparently, is the nature of these gods.’