having trouble seeing the print? מוֹרְדִים Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now! This Ancient- and Modern-Hebrew word first appears in the Biblical story of אַבְרָם – Abram (before he was renamed אַבְרָהָם –Abraham) fighting the four kings: שְׁתֵּים עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה עָבְדוּ אֶת כְּדָרְלָעֹמֶר וּשְׁלֹשׁ עֶשְׂרֵה שָׁנָה…
having trouble seeing the print? מַסֵּכַת גָּז Conversational Hebrew Classes This Fall, in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv Register Now! The Hebrew word for mask is מַסֵּכָה . This video explains the word thoroughly. A gas mask is, in Hebrew מַסֵּכַת גָּז , or literally, a mask of gas. For example: הַלְוַאי…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְגּוֹנֵן, לְהָגֵן עַל עַצְמוֹ There are two ways to say to protect oneself in Hebrew, both deriving from the root ג.נ.נ (g.n.n), but each to be used in a slightly different way. 1. לְהִתְגּוֹנֵן has a defensive, almost passive tone to it. It’s the reflexive-intensive form of the…
having trouble seeing the print? תָּכְנִית שֻׁתָּפִים There isn’t a proper Hebrew term for affiliate, which is someone connected to a particular person or group. So when Israeli businesspeople gave an authentic Hebrew name to what is otherwise called תַּכְנִית אָפִילִיֵּיט (literally affiliate program), they used what means literally, partners program – תָּכְנִית שֻׁתָּפִים ….
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having trouble seeing the print? מוּצָר Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online or in person There are services (שֵׁרוּתִים – ), and there are products. The Hebrew word for product is מוּצָר . An example: זֶה מוּצָר לֹא יָקָר בִּמְיֻחָד. It’s not an especially expensive product. מוצר comes from…
having trouble seeing the print? טֹפֶס, צוּרָה Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online or in person Translation 1 A form that you’d fill out at the doctor’s office is a טֹפֶס in Hebrew. It comes from the Greek word τυπος (tupos) meaning something recorded, labeled, the same origin of the English word type. …
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having trouble seeing the print? יַלְדּוּת Learn to Speak Hebrew With Us, Online (or in person) Save money by registering for classes by our birthday, August 18! Some words are so basic to humanity that they appear in very close form in languages quite different from one another. One example is…
having trouble seeing the print? נְעוּרִים Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us register by August 18 and save up to 20% There’s that beautiful, difficult, confusing, exhilarating time in our life that when we grow older we’re bound to look back on nostalgically… The most common Hebrew word for youth is נְעוּרִים ( ), deriving from the words for…