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.

daily video – how to say “impossible” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger August 2, 2021August 1, 2021

To slow down the audio or to turn on captions (CC), start playing the video and then click the settings icon ⚙️. LEARNING TIPS Hebrew beginners Watch with English captions a few times, then with Hebrew captions, then without captions, and see what you understand. Intermediate learners Watch without captions, pausing to write down what...

A short Israeli story: Meet Tom, the East & West Orchestra conductor

ByAmi Steinberger July 1, 2022June 30, 2022

how to say “backbone” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger April 23, 2020April 20, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/עמוד-שדרה-#.m4a” /]עַמּוּד שִׁדְרָה The backbone or the spinal column, in Hebrew is עמוד השדרה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/עמוד-שדרה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/עמוד-שדרה-#.m4a” /]עמוד השדרה מורכב מחוליות. The spinal column is made up of rings/vertebrae. You might also remark about someone lacking in character: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/עמוד-שדרה-#.m4a” /]אין לו עמוד שדרה. He has no backbone. עמוד[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/עמוד-שדרה-#.m4a” /] means column (also page),…

how to say “presentable” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 20, 2015October 23, 2018

יִצּוּגִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word לְיַצֵּג listen and repeat means to represent or to act on behalf of someone, and מְיַצֵּג listen and repeat is one of the words for representative. For example: רוֹאַת הַחֶשְׁבּוֹן שֶׁלִּי הִיא הַמְּיַצֶּגֶת שֵׁלִּי בִּרְשׁוּת הַמִּסִּים. My (female) accountant is my representative at the…

how to say “fingers (and what each is called)” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 14, 2021January 9, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /]אֶצְבָּעוֹת While English has a special word for some fingers (thumb, pinkie) and an additional descriptive word for others (ring finger, middle finger), Hebrew has a special word for each digit on the human hand: זרת[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /] – pinkie, little finger קמיצה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /] – ring finger אמה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אצבעות-#.m4a” /] – middle finger…

how to say “importer” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger March 16, 2021March 15, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/יבואן-#.m4a” /]יְבוּאָן Here’s a word you’ll find on the labels of grocery-store items in Israel: יבואן[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/יבואן-#.m4a” /] – importer. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/יבואן-#.m4a” /]במקום לקנות בחנות, חשבתי לקנות ישירות מהיבואן. Instead of buying from the store, I thought of buying directly from the importer. יבואן comes from יבוא[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/יבואן-#.m4a” /] – import, which itself…

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.

Similar Posts

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.