how to say “fighter” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 8, 2019August 9, 2022

לוֹחֵם

Hebrew’s word for warrior or fighter is לוחם
when referring to a male and לוחמת
when referring to a female. Israelis use the term to distinguish combat soldiers from non-combat soldiers, whom they call (not always with admiration) jobniks:

הוא היה בצבא לוחם או ג’ובניק?

In the army, was he a fighter or a jobnik?

You might also hear the term לוחם קרבי
– combat fighter or simply קרבי
.

You may have noticed that the root of לוחם is the same as the word for bread – לחם
. That’s because war – מלחמה
– was seen in biblical times as an act of eating one’s enemy. לחם, in Biblical Hebrew, means food in the general sense.

Today is יום הזיכרון
– Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. Here’s a song that has won over the hearts of the IDF soldiers: כאב של לוחמים
– The Pain of Fighters, by Idan Amedi.

Weekly YDDH Review

ByAmi Steinberger March 30, 2018September 3, 2018

חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-1.mp3″ /] Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards . Scatter . Gravity . Test [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/review-2.mp3″ /]שבת שלום, וסוף שבוע נעים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!

what’s free?

ByAmi Steinberger March 24, 2010November 5, 2018

חינם, חירות, חופש If you’ve been to Jerusalem in the past couple of years, you may have eaten at a low-budget pizza parlor called פִּיצָה כִּמְעַט חִינָם (pizza keem-AHT hee-NAHM) – almost-free pizza. Their prices are actually much lower than those of their competitors. But they’re still not free. Not kosher…

how to say “from prehistoric times” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger December 22, 2021December 18, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /]מִתְּקוּפַת הַיְבוּסִי When Jerusalem first became an Israelite city thousands of years ago, it had been conquered from the Jebusite nation – העם היבוסי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /]. Today this vanquished people lives on in a unique expression that is not very widespread, but is still understood by most Israelis: מתקופת היבוסי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/היבוסי-#.m4a” /] –…

how to say “to express oneself” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 31, 2020August 28, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]לְהִתְבַּטֵּא One could use להביע את עצמו[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] to mean to express oneself, but the more common expression is the התפעל verb להתבטא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /]היא מתבטאת בצורה כובשת. She expresses herself in a captivating way. Sometimes להתבטא substitutes לדבר[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a” /] – to speak – as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/להתבטא-#.m4a”…

how to say “colony” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger June 7, 2018October 17, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /]מוֹשָׁבָה Some of you may know this word from the Religious-Zionist camps of North America, Camp Moshava. Without insinuating that Jews and Israelis are trying to take over the world, מושבה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/מושבה-#.m4a” /] does mean colony. In today’s usage, מושבה generally refers to neighborhoods in Israel established by foreign nations such the Greeks and…

learn to speak Hebrew with us… this summer!

ByAmi Steinberger June 28, 2010November 5, 2018

Ulpan La-Inyan midsummer classes We’ve got a midsummer session of our fun, relaxed and highly-effective conversational Hebrew classes, starting on July 25 and running through September 2. We’re offering a variety of levels at the AACI in both Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. To save 50 shekels, you must register…

לוֹחֵם

Hebrew’s word for warrior or fighter is לוחם when referring to a male and לוחמת when referring to a female. Israelis use the term to distinguish combat soldiers from non-combat soldiers, whom they call (not always with admiration) jobniks:

הוא היה בצבא לוחם או ג’ובניק?

In the army, was he a fighter or a jobnik?

You might also hear the term לוחם קרבי – combat fighter or simply קרבי.

You may have noticed that the root of לוחם is the same as the word for bread – לחם. That’s because war – מלחמה – was seen in biblical times as an act of eating one’s enemy. לחם, in Biblical Hebrew, means food in the general sense.

Today is יום הזיכרון – Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. Here’s a song that has won over the hearts of the IDF soldiers: כאב של לוחמים – The Pain of Fighters, by Idan Amedi.

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Hebrew’s word for warrior or fighter is לוחם
when referring to a male and לוחמת
when referring to a female. Israelis use the term to distinguish combat soldiers from non-combat soldiers, whom they call (not always with admiration) jobniks:

You might also hear the term לוחם קרבי
– combat fighter or simply קרבי
.

You may have noticed that the root of לוחם is the same as the word for bread – לחם
. That’s because war – מלחמה
– was seen in biblical times as an act of eating one’s enemy. לחם, in Biblical Hebrew, means food in the general sense.

Today is יום הזיכרון
– Memorial Day for Israel’s fallen. Here’s a song that has won over the hearts of the IDF soldiers: כאב של לוחמים
– The Pain of Fighters, by Idan Amedi.