how to say “hopes and dreams” in Hebrew
תִּקְוֹת וַחֲלוֹמוֹת
Sunshine after a rainy season, for some, brings renewed energy. It’s a time of the budding of hopes and dreams… and sometimes their fulfillment too.
Hope in Hebrew is תִּקְוָה , which you may recognize from the name of Israel’s national anthem, הַתִּקְוָה – literally, The Hope.
, which you may recognize from the name of Israel’s national anthem, הַתִּקְוָה – literally, The Hope.A dream is a חֲלוֹם . It’s one of those masculine nouns that has a feminine ending in the plural: חֲלוֹמוֹת are dreams.
. It’s one of those masculine nouns that has a feminine ending in the plural: חֲלוֹמוֹת are dreams.The English expression hopes and dreams translates into Hebrew literally: תִּקְוֹת וַחֲלוֹמוֹת .
.The Hebrew changes, however, in context:
כָּל תִּקְוֹתֵנוּ וַחֲלוֹמוֹתֵנוּ הָיוּ עִם הָאִישׁ הַהוּא.
All our hopes and dreams were with that man.