לְהַגְזִים, מֻגְזָם listen to these words pronounced Tonight’s my last night in LA before I board a flight to TLV via Madrid (9 hour stopover! Viva Madrid!). My dear mom just requested this dose, which I faintly recall having done a while ago… but a refresher ain’t a bad idea once in a while….
לְעוֹדֵד listen to this word pronounced This Sunday, our classes begin afresh in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana (Tel Aviv coming very soon!). Our classes are small – and we’ve got a few spots left in all of them. a Raanana class at work/play אֲנִי מְעוֹדֵד אֶתְכֶם (ah-NEE meh-oh-DED et-KHEM) – I encourage you…
נִגּוּד אִינְטֶרֶסִים listen to this phrase pronounced We’ve still got a few spots…… in our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana I’m right now in LA – hometown of the movie industry, as well as the setting of the film, The Lincoln Lawyer, which I just watched with my buddies Daniel and Gabe at the Sherman…
לְהֵרָדֵם listen to this word pronounced We’ve still got a few spots…… in our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana. When I was in eleventh grade I perfected the art of falling asleep in class without the teacher noticing: I would lean my head into my palm, which was supported by my elbow placed on the…
עַכְבָּר listen to this word pronounced If you know the word for mouse the mammal, you know the word for the electronic one you’ve probably got your hand on right now: עַכְבָּר (ahkh-BAHR). Scary? Nuisance? Cute? חג פסח שמח!Happy Passover! We’ve still got a few spots…… in our state-of-the-art conversational Hebrew courses in Jerusalem, Efrat and Raanana.
לְמַצּוֹת listen to this word pronounced The Hebrew word for juice – that which is squeezed out of a fruit – is מִיץ (meets). To squeeze something out so as to get the most out of it – such as life or a topic of discussion – is לְמַצּוֹת (leh-mah-TSOHT). It’s an “intensive” פיעל (pee-EL) verb….
לְהִתְכּוֹנִן, לְהָכִין listen to these words pronounced The Hebrew root כ.ו.נ (k.w.n), the concept of foundation, can be found all over the place in such everyday words such as נָכוֹן (nah-KHOHN) – correct, מְכוֹנִית (meh-khoh-NEET) – automobile/car, and one of those first words that Hebrew learners learn, כֵּן (ken) – yes. A group of words…
סֻלָּם גַנָּבִים listen to this word pronounced Last night I went to the birthday party of my friend Zevik, in Encino. Zevik, also a Hebrew teacher, offered to create a thieves ladder so that his neighbor from the house behind his own could simply hop the fence to get home instead of circling the block; thus…
מַצְלֵמָה listen to this word pronounced After having landed yesterday at LAX, I attended services this morning at my beloved community synagogue in which I was raised, Chabad of Encino. Following the prayers I sat in Rabbi Gordon’s class on the Torah portion, which is videotaped and uploaded daily. You can check it out…
גְּדֻלָּה listen to this word pronounced If you’ve done some Jewish prayer, you’re almost certainly familiar with today’s word. Big or great is גָּדוֹל (gah-DOHL), when used in the masculine. Greatness is גדולה (ge-doo-LAH). In past generations, before Hebrew was revived as a spoken language as well as standardized, the word גַּדְלוּת (gahd-LOOT) was used to mean…
הִצְטַנְּנוּת, הִתְקָרְרוּת, נָזֶּלֶת listen to these words pronounced In Israel, as in the United States and probably everywhere else in the world, people catch the common cold all the time. I’ve caught it recently, as you might hear from the recording. Anyway, the cold is so common that it has three words in Hebrew….