הַיּוֹם שֶׁאַחֲרֵי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Now that voting is over, we’ll start to see who will keep to their promises and who won’t. Israelis call this situation, the aftermath or the follow-up, הַיּוֹם שֶׁאַחֲרֵי listen and repeat – literally, the day that is after. For example: הִגִּיעַ הַיּוֹם…
קַלְפִּי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for ballot box – that box with a slot for the votes taking place today in Israel – is קַלְפִּי listen and repeat. The word, borrowed from the Greek κάλπη (kalpi), first appears in Mishnaic Hebrew. What about the word for…
מִפְלָגָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Elections are taking place in Israel tomorrow, so here’s the word for political party: מִפְלָגָה listen and repeat. For example: לְאֵיזוֹ מִפְלָגָה אַתְּ מַצְבִּיעָה? Which party are you (a female) voting for? listen Though the concept of political party is a modern…
יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for between is בֵּין listen and repeat, so that in-between is בֵּינַיִם listen and repeat. Medieval times, or the Middle Ages, are thus called יְמֵי הַבֵּינַיִם listen and repeat – literally, the in-between days. For example: הָיוּ וִכּוּחִים פִילוֹסוֹפִיִּם גְּדוֹלִים בֵּין רַבָּנִים בִּימֵי הַבֵּינַיִם. There…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!…
אָרֹךְ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The basic Hebrew word for long, when describing a masculine object, is אָרֹךְ listen and repeat. For example: מִלְחָמָה וְשָׁלוֹם הוּא סֵפֶר אָרֹךְ מְאֹד. War and Peace is a very long book. listen When describing something other than a single masculine object,…
תָּמִים, נָאִיבִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The proper Hebrew word for naive is תָּמִים listen and repeat, as appears in Danny Sanderson’s זֶה הַכֹּל בִּשְׁבִילֵךְ listen and repeat – This Is All for You: אוֹ, דּוֹן קִישׁוֹט, אַל תִּהְיֶה כָּל כָּךְ תָּמִים. Oh, Don Quixote, don’t be so naive. listen But…
קְטוֹרֶת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for incense is קְטוֹרֶת listen and repeat. For example: יֵשׁ כָּאן רֵיחַ שֶׁל קְטוֹרֶת. There’s a scent of incense here. listen The word’s root is ק.ט.ר (k.t.r), which gets plugged into the active-causative verb form to produce the word…
גֹּדֶל, מִדָּה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you know that the word for big is גָּדוֹל listen and repeat for a masculine object such as a book, and גְּדוֹלָה listen and repeat for a feminine object such as a shirt. Size – or bigness – is גֹּדֶל listen…
הַקְּהִלִּיָּה הַבֵּינְלְאֻמִּית listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The common Modern Hebrew word for community is קְהִלָּה listen and repeat. This word appears in Biblical Hebrew, but there the more common word is קָהָל listen and repeat or עֵדָה listen and repeat. Now קהילה refers to a community of people, linked by common interests…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test חַג פּוּרִים שָׂמֵחַ… וְשַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם! Happy Purim… and Shabbat Shalom! listen and repeat