having trouble seeing the print? גַּאֲוָה highly recommended for further vocabulary growth Pride – what a contentious emotion. On the one hand, religions list it among the most grievous of sins or character traits. On the other hand, the gay community calls upon it as their staple state of being. This kind of pride is called, in…
having trouble seeing the print? צֶדֶק After today’s events, one of the things on people’s minds in this part of the world is justice – צֶדֶק. Here’s an example of צדק used in the context of a different series of events, from the summer of 2011: הָעַם דּוֹרֵשׁ צֶדֶק חֶבְרָתִי! The people demand social justice! This three-letter…
having trouble seeing the print? תַּת-מוּדָע highly recommended for further vocabulary growth If מוּדָעוּתis awareness or consciousness, תַּת-מוּדָעis the subconscious or the unconscious. The particle -תַּתmeans sub- or under-, just as in English, in phrases like: תַּת-יַמִּי – underwater תַּת-מִין – subspecies תַּת-אָלוּף – brigadier general (subservient to the general) An example of תת-מודע: זִיגְמוֹנְד פְּרוֹיד פִּתֵּחַ אֶת הַמֻּשָּׂג שֶׁל…
having trouble seeing the print? מוּדָעוּת Many would argue that modernity brought with it an increase in self awareness among individuals. Others would say that such awareness has been lessened in our time (maybe we’ll debate it in the advanced conversation group I’m starting to teach tonight in Jerusalem). In any case, the Hebrew word for…
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having trouble seeing the print? כֶּלֶב יָם highly recommended for further vocabulary growth If you’re up for a challenge and you like to read about animals, check out this Ynet article about Israeli wildlife photography. Warning – some pictures are not suitable for vegetarians. The first animal depicted in the article is a leopard seal,…
having trouble seeing the print? הִתְמַכְּרוּת Before I moved back to Israel in 2007 and opened up Ulpan La-Inyan a year later, I was training as a psychotherapist in Los Angeles. My first post was to Beit T’shuva, a Jewish center for addiction recovery on Venice Blvd. The Hebrew word for addiction is הִתְמַכְּרוּת, of the root…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהוֹצִיא כֶּסֶף, לְבַזְבֵּז highly recommended for further vocabulary growth Term 1 A while ago I did an entry on expenses – הוֹצָאוֹת. To spend money or to create an expense is לְהוֹצִיא כֶּסֶף – literally, to take out money. For example: הִיא חוֹשֶׁבֶת פַּעֲמַיִם לִפְנֵי שֶׁהִיא מוֹצִיאָה כֶּסֶף עַל מוֹתָרוֹת. She thinks twice before spending money…
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having trouble seeing the print? מַטָּס If you were in Israel early yesterday afternoon, you probably heard and saw fighter jets flying overhead. The makers of Modern Hebrew took the root ט.ו.ס – t.w.s – meaning flying and plugged it into a noun structure beginning with a מ (m), yielding the common word for airplane, מָטוֹס. It’s the same noun structure as that of מָקוֹם – place, which…
having trouble seeing the print? מָתוֹק-מָרִיר Though the mood is great today here as the political nation of Israel celebrates 65 years of existence and prosperity, there’s a bittersweet element as well, as we remember the people of Boston who have experienced an event this week that we in Israel know all too well. The Hebrew…