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This entry lists words borrowed from Persian to Hebrew. As the Jews lived as an exiled and homecoming population for almost two centuries under the Persian Empire, many borrowed words spoken within the empire. These words stayed with Hebrew for generations and helped shape Hebrew's vocabulary for terms the Israelites weren't familiar with before living and interacting with Persians. The Persian monarch Cyrus the Great, who let the Jews' Return to Zion, is a character beloved by the Jews for his part in their history.
