having trouble seeing the print? רַךְ How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The Torah portion to be read tomorrow around the Jewish world tells that עֵינֵי לֵאָה רַכּוֹת (eh-ee-NEH-ee leh-AH rah-KOHT) – Leah’s eyes were soft. רכות is the plural form of the word רַך (rahkh), meaning soft or…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהֵרָגַע How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! If you’ve listened to Israeli radio, you may have heard the jingle for a calm weekend: סוֹף שָׁבוּעַ רָגוּע (sohf shah-VOO-ah rah-GOO-ah). רגוע comes from the same root as the Hebrew expression meaning, in effect, wait a…
having trouble seeing the print? מִשְׁוָאָה How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The other day I introduced the Hebrew word for equality, שִׁוְיוֹן (sheev-YOHN). Here’s another word that comes from that root (שׁ.ו.ה – sh.w.h): מִשְׁוָאָה (meesh-vah-AH), meaning equation. It’s the word used in Israeli math classes, financial formulas…
having trouble seeing the print? תָּכְנִית הַחֲלֻקָּה How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! This one’s for Yonit, whose birthday coincides with this historic date. Today marks sixty-four years since the UN General Assembly adopted the Partition Plan for Palestine. The Hebrew translation for that loaded term is…
having trouble seeing the print? שִׁוְיוֹן How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The Hebrew word for equal is שָׁוֶה (shah-VEH), a Biblical Hebrew root that first appears in בְּרֵאשִׁית י”ד (beh-reh-SHEET), Genesis 14. That passage describes a war of Biblical proportions that takes place in עֵמֶק הַשָּׁוֶה (EH-mek…
having trouble seeing the print? תּוֹקְפָנִי How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! When asked to translate the word aggressive into Hebrew, many Israelis are likely to say אַגְרֶסִיבִי (ahg-reh-SEE-vee), simply a transliteration from the English. חָתוּל תּוֹקְפָנִי (khah-tool tohk-fah-NEE) an aggressive cat However, you’re likely to hear in…
having trouble seeing the print? חֲרָדָה How’s your Hebrew? 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The Torah portion to be read tomorrow in Jewish communities throughout the world features a critical moment in the development of the Israelite/Jewish family, at which יִצְחָק (yeets-KHAHK) – Isaac – realizes he’s just been…
having trouble seeing the print? תֶּדֶר, תְּדִירוּת How’s your Hebrew? Only 10 spots available per course. Save 200 shekels by midnight tonight. Sign up now! Those of you who have studied some Talmud almost certainly know the Hebrew/Aramaic word for frequent – תָּדִיר (tah-DEER). When speaking of frequency, there are couple of words you might…
having trouble seeing the print? לְפַטְפֵּט How’s your Hebrew? Only 10 spots available per course. Save 200 shekels by Thursday. Sign up now! לְדַבֵּר (leh-dah-BEHR) is to speak or to talk, presumably about things of substance. But if the דיבור (dee-BOOR) – speech – is decidedly without substance – in other words, a simple chitchat,…
having trouble seeing the print? פִּרְסוּם, שִׁוּוּק How’s your Hebrew? Only 10 spots available per course. Save 200 shekels by Thursday. Sign up now! שׁוּק מַחֲנֶה יְהוּדָה, יְרוּשָלָיִםshouk mah-khah-NEH yeh-hoo-DAH, yeh-roo-shah-LAH-yeem Machane Yehuda Market, Jerusalem Before I opened Ulpan La-Inyan and watched it develop, I didn’t quite understand the difference between advertising and…
having trouble seeing the print? מִתְמַחֶה Learn to speak Hebrew – or improve it! Check out our intimate, affordable, world-class program. Only 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! The medical field in Israel has been in upheaval over the past few months, with specialists demanding a revolution of better wages and working conditions… and…