how to say “thoughts” in Hebrew
מַחְשָׁבוֹת, הִרְהוּרִים
תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב
listen and repeat – Tisha Be’Av or the ninth of (the Jewish month of) Av – is the public day of mourning for the calamities that have come upon the Jewish People. It’s a day of introspection, of thoughts.
listen and repeat – Tisha Be’Av or the ninth of (the Jewish month of) Av – is the public day of mourning for the calamities that have come upon the Jewish People. It’s a day of introspection, of thoughts.Now, there are thoughts and there are thoughts.
There the type of thoughts that make sense of the world around us, that may invoke logic and planning, that revive memories and bring them to our conscious minds. These are מַחְשָׁבוֹת listen and repeat in Hebrew, the plural form of the word מַחְשָׁבָה listen and repeat – a thought – that itself comes from the root ח.שׁ.ב (kh.sh.b) meaning think or calculate. This is by far the more common word.
listen and repeat in Hebrew, the plural form of the word מַחְשָׁבָה listen and repeat – a thought – that itself comes from the root ח.שׁ.ב (kh.sh.b) meaning think or calculate. This is by far the more common word.For example:
עוֹבְרוֹת לִי כָּל מִינֵי מַחְשָׁבוֹת בָּרֹאשׁ.
All kinds of thoughts are passing through my head.
Then there are the passing thoughts, which don’t involve much concentration, but can be quite powerful nonetheless. These are הִרְהוּרִים listen and repeat, the plural form of הִרְהוּר listen and repeat, which derives from the active-intensive verb לְהַרְהֵר listen and repeat – to ponder.
listen and repeat, the plural form of הִרְהוּר listen and repeat, which derives from the active-intensive verb לְהַרְהֵר listen and repeat – to ponder.For example:
הוּא הִתְחִיל לְהַרְהֵר הִרְהוּרֵי תְּשׁוּבָה.
He started having thoughts of repentance.
