having trouble seeing the print? לְהַחְזִיק מַעֲמָד Learn to speak Hebrew! Check out our intimate, affordable, world-class program. Only 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! It’s Thursday, almost the weekend. Hang in there. In Hebrew, I’d say to you, תַּחְזִיקוּ מַעֲמָד (tahkh-ZEE-koo mah-ah-MAHD), which means, literally, hold stance, in the plural (since I’m writing…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְפַּנּוֹת Learn to speak Hebrew! Check out our intimate, affordable, world-class program. Only 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! This one’s for a friend of mine, who was delighted to discover this new term in the course of his Hebrew immersion. Excusing oneself to the restroom is liable to…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְקַדֵּם Learn to speak Hebrew! Check out our intimate, affordable, world-class program. Only 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! This one’s for Batya. Those of you who know a little Hebrew are likely familiar with some words and phrases of the root ק.ד.מ. (k.d.m), meaning before, such as קוֹדֶם…
having trouble seeing the print? חָרְפִּי Learn to speak Hebrew! Check out our intimate, affordable, world-class program. Only 10 spots available per course. Sign up now! By bicycle, the ride home from the Jerusalem open market – the shuk, שׁוּק (shook) – is normally twelve minutes long. Though clouds were gathering tonight, I took…
having trouble seeing the print? לְשַׁפֵּר, לְהִשְׁתַּפֵּר Learn to speak Hebrew! Our Hebrew Level 1 intensive class starts November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Class size 10 max. Spots are going fast! In English it’s one word, but if you pay close attention, you’ll realize that the verb improve is used in…
having trouble seeing the print? קָרִיא Learn to speak Hebrew! Our Hebrew Level 1 intensive class starts November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Class size 10 max. Spots are going fast! Yesterday we saw the word לָעִיס (lah-EES), meaning chewy or chew-able. This adjective comes from the simple verb, לִלְעוֹס. To this day,…
having trouble seeing the print? לָעִיס Learn to speak Hebrew! Our Hebrew Level 1 intensive class starts November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Class size 10 max. Spots are going fast! Whereas the Hebrew word for bubble gum, מַסְטִיק (MAHS-teek), comes from Ancient Greek and is related to the English word…
having trouble seeing the print? חֲלוֹם שֶׁהִתְגַּשֵּׁם Learn to speak Hebrew! Our Hebrew Level 1 intensive class starts November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. A while back I did an entry on making a dream come true – in the active sense. The expression was לְהַגְשִׁים חֲלוֹם (leh-hahg-SHEEM khah-LOHM), with להגשים being…
having trouble seeing the print? אָבְדָן Learn to speak Hebrew! Our Hebrew Level 1 intensive class starts November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. Today marks the passing (here’s an entry about how to say that in Hebrew) of Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, head of the world-renowned Mir Yeshiva. The 5,000 students of the Mir were joined by tens of thousands of…
having trouble seeing the print? חַיְדַּק For me and for the majority of Ktzat Ivrit’s readership (except those in the southern hemisphere), it’s flu season. A useful Hebrew word to know is that for bacteria – חַיְדַָקִים (khah-ee-dah-KEEM). This is the plural. A single bacterium is a חַיְדַּק (khah-ee-DAHK). Like the subject of last entry involving the word…
having trouble seeing the print? בֶּלֶם Get talking… in Hebrew. Our Level 1 course starts Sunday, November 20 in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv The more colloquial Hebrew word for the brakes in your car is בְּרֶקְס (breks). That’s because when Hebrew speakers first encountered this accessory to the modern-day vehicle, the automobile, there wasn’t yet a Hebrew word for…