how to say “self esteem” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-1.m4a” /]הַעֲרָכָה עַצְמִית

The word for the self in Hebrew is the same as the word for bone – עצם[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-2.m4a” /].

עצם as self in context:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-3.m4a” /]אני רואה את עצמי במראה.

I (a male) see myself in the mirror.

and

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-4.m4a” /]תארי לעצמך שאת הולכת ביער.

Imagine to yourself (a female) that you’re walking in a forest.

The word for estimation or esteem in Hebrew is הערכה[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-5.m4a” /], of the root ע.ר.כ[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-6.m4a” /] meaning value. הערכה comes from the active-intensive verb להעריך[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-7.m4a” /] – to value or to estimate.

Self in the adjective form is עצמי[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-8.m4a” /] (describing something masculine) or עצמית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-9.m4a” /] (describing something feminine), so self-esteem is הערכה עצמית[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-1.m4a” /].

For example:

[audioclip url=”https://archive.ulpan.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/הערכה-עצמית-10.m4a” /]כל אחד ראוי להערכה עצמית.

Everyone is worthy of self esteem.

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