how to say “to wander” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

לְהִתְהַלֵּךְ   If you know some basic Hebrew (surely if you’ve taken Level 1 of our program), you know how to say he is walking – הוּא הוֹלֵך (hoo hoh-LEKH).   To say he is wandering, you’d use הוּא מִתְהַלֵּך (hoo meet-hah-LEKH). This is a reflexive התפעל (heet-pah-EL) usage of the root ה.ל.כ. In Modern Hebrew,…

how to say “in-laws” in Hebrew

ByAmi Steinberger

חוֹתֵן, חָם, חָמוֹת   Tomorrow, Jews around the world will read the Torah portion called יִתְרו (yeet-ROH) – Jethro.    The highlight of this portion is the Ten Commandments, but there’s lots of other action that takes place in this short-but-monumental section of the Torah.   We are introduced to the father-in-law of Moses, יתרו,…