how to say “thoughts” in Hebrew
מַחְשָׁבוֹת, הִרְהוּרִים
תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב – 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.
– 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 in Hebrew, the plural form of the word מַחְשָׁבָה – 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.
in Hebrew, the plural form of the word מַחְשָׁבָה – 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 , the plural form of הִרְהוּר , which derives from the active-intensive verb לְהַרְהֵר – to ponder.
, the plural form of הִרְהוּר , which derives from the active-intensive verb לְהַרְהֵר – to ponder.For example:
הוּא הִתְחִיל לְהַרְהֵר הִרְהוּרֵי תְּשׁוּבָה.
He started having thoughts of repentance.
