how to say “fighter” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 8, 2019August 9, 2022

לוֹחֵם

Hebrew’s word for warrior or fighter is לוחם
when referring to a male and לוחמת
when referring to a female. Israelis use the term to distinguish combat soldiers from non-combat soldiers, whom they call (not always with admiration) jobniks:

הוא היה בצבא לוחם או ג’ובניק?

In the army, was he a fighter or a jobnik?

You might also hear the term לוחם קרבי
– combat fighter or simply קרבי
.

You may have noticed that the root of לוחם is the same as the word for bread – לחם
. That’s because war – מלחמה
– was seen in biblical times as an act of eating one’s enemy. לחם, in Biblical Hebrew, means food in the general sense.

Today is יום הזיכרון
– Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. Here’s a song that has won over the hearts of the IDF soldiers: כאב של לוחמים
– The Pain of Fighters, by Idan Amedi.

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger March 11, 2022March 4, 2022

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. To take full advantage of the review material, click on “Choose a study mode” in the bottom right corner of the box above. [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף…

daily video – how to say “military operation” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 20, 2021May 18, 2021

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

how to say “I feel like doing…”

ByAmi Steinberger September 4, 2014October 24, 2018

מִתְחַשֵּׁק לִי… Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for that basic feeling of desire or the urge to live and enjoy is חֵשֶׁק . אֵין לִי חֵשֶׁק לָצֵאת הַיּוֹם. I don’t have the oomph to go out today. To say I feel like… or I don’t feel like…, you’d use a reflexive-intensive…

how to say “to complain incessantly” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 19, 2014October 27, 2025

לְקַטֵּר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Imagine a boiling teapot, with steam rising from its spout. That’s approximately the image evoked in Hebrew when describing someone complaining non-stop, as לְקַטֵּר means literally to smoke a pipe or to burn incense. For example: תַּפְסִיקִי לְקַטֵּר עַל הַשְּׁכֵנִים וְתַעֲשִׁי מַשֶּׁהוּ.(to a female) Stop complaining so much about the neighbors and do something. …

how to say “to trouble (someone)” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger September 19, 2019September 13, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /]לְהַטְרִיחַ If לטרוח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /] means to go to the trouble, להטריח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /] – a causative הפעיל verb using the same root – means to trouble someone else. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/להטריח-#.m4a” /]אני לא רוצה להטריח אותך, דוד, אבל אני צריך עזרה. I don’t want to trouble you, David, but I need help. Trouble – in the…

how to say “go outside!” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 23, 2017October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-1.m4a” /]צֵא הַחוּצָה! The basic Hebrew word for to go out is לצאת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-2.m4a” /]. You may recognize its root, י.צ.א[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-3.m4a” /], from the Hebrew term for the Exodus: יציאת מצרים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/צא-4.m4a” /] (literally, the exit from Egypt). If you wish to ask someone (or you dog) to kindly leave your home or office, you…

לוֹחֵם

Hebrew’s word for warrior or fighter is לוחם when referring to a male and לוחמת when referring to a female. Israelis use the term to distinguish combat soldiers from non-combat soldiers, whom they call (not always with admiration) jobniks:

הוא היה בצבא לוחם או ג’ובניק?

In the army, was he a fighter or a jobnik?

You might also hear the term לוחם קרבי – combat fighter or simply קרבי.

You may have noticed that the root of לוחם is the same as the word for bread – לחם. That’s because war – מלחמה – was seen in biblical times as an act of eating one’s enemy. לחם, in Biblical Hebrew, means food in the general sense.

Today is יום הזיכרון – Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. Here’s a song that has won over the hearts of the IDF soldiers: כאב של לוחמים – The Pain of Fighters, by Idan Amedi.

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Hebrew’s word for warrior or fighter is לוחם
when referring to a male and לוחמת
when referring to a female. Israelis use the term to distinguish combat soldiers from non-combat soldiers, whom they call (not always with admiration) jobniks:

You might also hear the term לוחם קרבי
– combat fighter or simply קרבי
.

You may have noticed that the root of לוחם is the same as the word for bread – לחם
. That’s because war – מלחמה
– was seen in biblical times as an act of eating one’s enemy. לחם, in Biblical Hebrew, means food in the general sense.

Today is יום הזיכרון
– Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. Here’s a song that has won over the hearts of the IDF soldiers: כאב של לוחמים
– The Pain of Fighters, by Idan Amedi.