how to say “to motivate”/”to persuade” in Hebrew
One of the students in my Level 5 class invited us to her home in Gush Etzion, where her husband (a tour guide) gave us a history of the region spoken all in Hebrew. She, the student, also served us really tasty home-baked banana-chocolate-chip cake.
After our introduction to the region, we all went to Kfar Etzion
I found the presentation inspiring. It gave me a healthy reminder, as has the Begin Center, of what the State of Israel means to the Jewish people. It also reminded me of how grateful I can feel, how grateful I must feel, to all those who gave their lives so that the Jewish people live here.
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| A caravan of trucks bringing food and supplies to the residents of Gush Etzion, 1948 |
The audio-visual, the articulate explanation, the sightseeing, the trip out there, and the banana-chocolate-chip cake… all these provoked me, motivated me, persuaded me – דִּרְבְּנוּ אוֹתִי (deer-beh-NOO oh-TEE) – to write this entry.
לְדַרְבֵּן (leh-dahr-BEN) is to motivate, to persuade, etc… It comes from the Biblical Hebrew word for spur – דָּרְבָּן (dohr-BAHN). It’s an “intensive” פיעל (pee-EL) verb.
By the way, we’ve got a branch of Ulpan La-Inyan in Gush Etzion, managed by one of our all-star teachers, Naftali Schindler.
Here’s our group posing at the Kfar Etzion museum:
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