having trouble seeing the print? הַגְדָּרָה brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Courses starting Sunday around the country! Yesterday’s entry introduced the word for fence or, more abstractly, framework. The root is ג.ד.ר (g.d.r). A definition is something that brings clarity to a word or idea: without definition, an idea runs freely, unattainable…
having trouble seeing the print? גָּדֵר brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Level 1 online course starting June 27 – check it out! by h.koppdelaney A fence, in Hebrew, is a גָּדֵר (gah-DEHR) – a feminine noun. For instance, יֵשׁ גָּדֵר אֲרֻכָּה מִסָּבִיב לַבָּיִת – there is a long fence around the house (yesh gah-DEHR…
having trouble seeing the print? קַבָּלָה brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Level 1 online course starting June 27 – check it out! This weekend, Jews around the world will be celebrating the Feast of Weeks, which is a direct translation of the Hebrew term, חַג הַשָּׁבֻעוֹת (khahg hah-shah-voo-OHT). This is…
having trouble seeing the print? לְשִׁמּוּשׁ חַד-פַּעֲמִי brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Level 1 online course starting June 27 – check it out! Disposable – referring to an item that can be disposed of after one use – doesn’t get translated literally into Hebrew. Rather, Hebrew uses the expression לְשִׁמּוּשׁ חַד-פַּעֲמִי –…
having trouble seeing the print? כְּוִיַּת שֶׁמֶשׁ brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Level 1 online course starting June 27 – check it out! If you’re like me and you’ve had a sunburn before, raise your hand. The word for sun – שֶׁמֶשׁ (SHEH-mesh) – is one of those…
having trouble seeing the print? מוּכָן וּמְזֻמָּן brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and online Level 1 online course starting June 27 – check it out! The English phrase ready for action implies that a person is on alert, prepared to do what is necessary to achieve a goal. The Hebrew expression מוּכָן…
having trouble seeing the print? נֵס brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world This one’s for JJ. Forty five years ago three major Arab powers in the Middle East threatened to destroy the Jewish State and bring upon a second Holocaust. The people of Israel began to dig graves…
having trouble seeing the print? הַכְּלָלִים brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The Torah portion(s) to be read tomorrow by Jews the world over (in Israel, בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee, and abroad בְּהַר-בְּחֻקֹּתַי – beh-HAHR-beh-khoo-koh-TAH-ee) feature various rules given to the People of Israel to be kept as they enter their promised land, as well as the consequences that…
having trouble seeing the print? תַּדְמִית brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world In English, there’s the image of something physical or that which is formed in the mind (a mental image using the imagination), and there’s the psychological image that a person perceives of him/herself and projects to the world, as well as other definitions. The Hebrew…
having trouble seeing the print? תְּמוּנָה brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world The word image has several meanings in English. There’s the image of something physical or that which is formed in the mind (a mental image using the imagination), there’s the psychological image that a person perceives of him/herself and projects to the world, as…
having trouble seeing the print? קוֹרוֹת חַיִּים brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew throughout Israel and the world A résumé or a curriculum vitae (CV) is a document that details a person’s professional and life accomplishments, usually for a prospective employer. One might describe a résumé as a list of the deliberate happenings or events of life, which…