how to say “wonderful” in Hebrew
having trouble seeing the print? לָרוּץ brought to you by Ulpan La-Inyan teaching Hebrew in English-speaking communities throughout Israel and online Check us out! English describes an election campaign as a race. While Hebrew sometimes uses the equivalent – מֵרוּץ (meh-ROOTS – see yesterday’s entry), more often you’ll find Israelis talking simply about…
לְהִשְׁתַּזֵּף The idea of tanning goes all the way back to biblical times: אל תראוני שאני שחרחורת ששזפתני השמש.. (שיר השירים א’, ו’) Don’t look upon me that I am blackened, that the sun has tanned me… (Song of Songs 1:6) Someone tan is שזוף if he’s male and שזופה if she’s female. And to tan or to get…
having trouble seeing the print? הָאֲתַר בִּבְנִיָּה visit us on Facebook! The basic Hebrew word for place is מָקוֹם , while the word site – אֲתַר – is borrowed from Aramaic, where it is the basic word for place. אתר is used in Modern Hebrew to refer to a site, including a website. To build is לִבְנוֹת ,…
מַסְלוּל הַמְרָאָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? There’s talking and movement in the cabin. Soon passengers are instructed to fasten their seat belts and watch a safety video, and then the crew is told to take their seats for takeoff. Soon there’s a loud, sustained whooshing sound as the engines go into high gear, and the plane…
מַעֲגָל There’s a circle, meaning the shape – עִגּוּל (ee-GOOL). But what I’m referring to is the type of circle people might sit around and tell stories, such as in this little cartoon: This is called, in Hebrew, a מַעֲגָל (mah-ah-GAHL). Likewise, a traffic circle is called a מעגל תְּנוּעָה (mah-ah-GAHL te-noo-AH). It’s also known as a כִּכָּר (kee-KAHR)….