how to say “to come back to life” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger May 5, 2022May 3, 2022

In 1949, my grandparents helped found a kibbutz near modern-day Modiin. The founders called it תחיה
– basically, resurrection, since this was one of many Jewish settlements rising up in Israel only a few years after near-total destruction in Europe.

In the coming years the kibbutz gave way to another agricultural settlement, and the standard spelling of the name of the kibbutz became תחייה – with two י
letters.

לקום לתחייה
means to come back to life – literally, to rise for revival.

For example:

אחרי השואה עם ישראל קם לתחייה על אדמתו.

After the Holocaust the People of Israel came back to life on its land.

יום העצמאות שמח!

Happy Independence Day!

how to say “business strategy” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger July 18, 2019July 11, 2019

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]אַסְטְרָטֶגְיָה עִסְקִית Yesterday we saw the word for strategy in Hebrew – אסטרטגיה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]. Since a business is עסק[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /], a business strategy is אסטרטגיה עסקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /]מה האסטרטגיה העסקית שלכם? What’s your business strategy? To create the adjective עסקית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /], we simply add a י[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/אסטרטגיה-עסקית-#.m4a” /] to…

how to say “sigh” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger January 5, 2021November 14, 2024

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]אֲנָחָה The Hebrew word for a sigh is אנחה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /], as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]אנחנו שומעים קול אנחה כבדה מהחדר השני. We hear the sound of a heavy sigh from the other room. To sigh is the נפעל verb להיאנח[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/אנחה-#.m4a” /]אחרי יומיים של מרדף הוא סוף סוף…

how to say “vest” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 9, 2022February 6, 2022

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /]וֵסְט, אֵפוֹד That fancy piece of clothing that looks like a shirt without sleeves is called by Israelis וסט[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /], just like in English. There is an official Hebrew word coined by the Academy of the Hebrew language – לסוטה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/וסט-#.m4a” /] – but it never caught on. וסט in context: [audioclip…

how to say “to deliver the goods” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 10, 2016October 21, 2018

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לספק-את-הסחורה-5.m4a” /]לְסַפֵּק אֶת הַסְּחוֹרָה To deliver the goods means to get the job done – to perform as expected. Hebrew’s expression for this is לספק את הסחורה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לספק-את-הסחורה-5.m4a” /] – literally, to provide the merchandise (the goods), though the expression is not limited to the provision of physical merchandise. For example: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/לספק-את-הסחורה-2.m4a” /]המרצה הזה באמת מספק…

how to say “life-saving” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger February 26, 2020February 21, 2020

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מציל-חיים-#.m4a” /]מַצִּיל חַיִּים, מַצִּילַת חַיִּים If you’re Jewish or have Jewish friends, you probably know someone named חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מציל-חיים-#.m4a” /] – Chaim. Maybe you yourself are a חיים, in which case you probably also know that חיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/מציל-חיים-#.m4a” /] (listen for a different pronunciation) means life. Why the difference in pronunciation? Because Israelis tend to…

how to say “horror” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger October 13, 2021September 30, 2021

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /]אֵימָה אימה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /] means horror, as in: [audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /]נאווה, את אוהבת סרטי אימה? Nava, do you like horror movies? אימה comes from the root א.י.מ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /]. This root also brings us the פיעל verb לאיים[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /] – to threaten, as well as the expression נורא ואיום[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/אימה-#.m4a” /] – terrible, or…

In 1949, my grandparents helped found a kibbutz near modern-day Modiin. The founders called it תחיה – basically, resurrection, since this was one of many Jewish settlements rising up in Israel only a few years after near-total destruction in Europe.

In the coming years the kibbutz gave way to another agricultural settlement, and the standard spelling of the name of the kibbutz became תחייה – with two י letters.

לקום לתחייה means to come back to life – literally, to rise for revival.