The Hebrew word for happy is שָׂמֵחַ (sah-MEH-ah), or שְׂמֵחָה (smeh-HAH) for a female who is happy.
To make someone else happy is לְשַׂמֵּחַ (le-sah-MEH-ah). For example, it’s a mitzvah לְשַׂמֵּחַ חָתָן וְכַלָּה (le-sah-MEH-ah hah-TAHN ve-khah-LAH) – to cause a groom and bride to be happy.
בִּפְנִים, בְּתוֹךְ When I go to a cafe with table service in Israel, they ask me where I’d like to sit – בפנים או בחוץ? outside or inside? (unless it’s raining, I say בחוץ). בפנים means inside when it stands alone, as in: כולם בפנים. Everyone is inside. But בתוך means inside something – or…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend! listen and repeat
מעסיק Perhaps you know the Hebrew word for a business – עֶסֶק (EH-sehk). If I were to state that he’s busy, I’d say, הוּא עָסוּק (hoo ah-SOOK); I were to say that a woman is busy, it would be, הִיא עֲסוּקָה (hee ah-soo-KAH). However, if I wanted to say, he’s preoccupied with something, I’d…
[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /]מֻרְכָּב Something complex is מורכב[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /] (מורכבת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /] if we’re talking about a feminine object), as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מורכב-#.m4a” /]שרה, הסיפור הוא יותר מורכב ממה שאת חושבת. Sarah, the story is more complex than you think. Like the English word complex, מורכב gives off the sense that that which is complex is…