how to say “destiny” in Hebrew
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[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]הַחוּג הָאַרְקְטִי If you’ve got basic Hebrew down, you most likely know the word for holiday – חג[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/החוג-הארקטי-#.m4a” /]. How about the Arabic word for pilgrimage – حاج (haj)? Both have to do with people coming in from outer circles to a central place – in Islam, Mecca, and in Judaism, Jerusalem (until about…
לְהִסְתַּבֵּךְ We’ve still got spots in our Late-summer conversational Hebrew courses starting in Tel Aviv and Raanana THIS SUNDAY, August 28 – check them out! Suppose someone you know gets in trouble with the tax authorities… or with her mother in law for saying something about her cooking… or with his wife…
רַכֶּבֶת קָלָה All kinds of less-than-pleasant things have been going in Israel over the past day or so. However, something refreshing has taken place as well: The Jerusalem Light Rail today started transporting passengers after nine years of building. The Hebrew word for train is רַכֶּבֶת (rah-KEH-vet), deriving from the same root as…
Can’t read Hebrew yet? כָּפִיל listen and repeat At some point I decided I had better things to do, but for about half an hour last week I used an automated service to help me choose exactly whom among the celebrities I most resemble. That’s because last week was Doppelganger week on…
שֵׂעַר שֵׂיבָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word זִקְנָה listen and repeat means old age. It also has a more poetic, gentle synonym, שֵׂיבָה listen and repeat, as in the Biblical injunction found on the walls of Israeli buses today: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם before age you shall stand (Leviticus 19) listen …