how to say “passion” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 26, 2015October 23, 2018

תְּשׁוּקָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-1.mp3″ /]

Like English, Hebrew has several words for to yearn, to long for:

לְהִתְגַּעְגֵּעַ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-2.mp3″ /] is to long for or to miss someone, so that גַּעְגוּעִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-3.mp3″ /] are longings.

לְהִכָּסֵף[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-4.mp3″ /] the verb and כִּסּוּפִים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-5.mp3″ /] the noun are more flowery terms for this.

And then there’s לְהִשְׁתּוֹקֵק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-6.mp3″ /], from which is derived the word for passion – תְּשׁוּקָה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-1.mp3″ /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/תשוקה-7.mp3″ /]מַה מְעוֹרֵר תְּשׁוּקָה בֵּין אוֹהֲבִים, וּמַה הוֹרֵס אֹתָהּ?

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having trouble seeing the print? חוֹבְבָנִי listen and repeat Don’t yet read Hebrew? Learn now, for free! The Hebrew word for an amateur is חוֹבְבָן listen and repeat when referring to a male and חוֹבְבָנִית listen and repeat when referring to a female. Likewise, something amateur or amateurish is חוֹבְבָנִי listen and repeat in the masculine and חוֹבְבָנִית listen and repeat in the feminine. …

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ByAmi Steinberger April 28, 2022April 26, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/להעלים-עין-1.m4a” /]לְהַעֲלִים עַיִן The Hebrew word for to ignore is להתעלם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/להעלים-עין-2.m4a” /], a התפעל verb of the root ע.ל.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/להעלים-עין-3.m4a” /] meaning hidden. A similar expression is to turn a blind eye – in Hebrew, להעלים עין[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/להעלים-עין-4.m4a” /] – literally, to hide an eye. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/להעלים-עין-5.m4a” /]במקרה הזה גובה המיסים החליט להעלים…

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