having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְגַּבֵּר LOCAL Hebrew courses in Israel (deadlines coming up soon!) DISTANCE Hebrew courses online (winter deadline – December 20!) The Hebrew root ג.ב.ר (g.b.r) means bravery, heroism, strength, manhood. In the reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb form, this root yields the word לְהִתְגַּבֵּר . In Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew, להתגבר means to overwhelm or to overflow, as in: רַבִּי…
having trouble seeing the print? הָרוֹב LOCAL Hebrew courses in Israel (deadlines coming up soon!) DISTANCE Hebrew courses online (winter deadline – December 20!) An important part of what חֲנֻכָּה – Hannukah – represents is the victory of the few over the many. http://goo.gl/nRdJB The common spoken-Hebrew word for many is הַרְבֵּה, but in a more literary sense or when…
having trouble seeing the print? לִזְהוֹר Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel (deadlines coming up soon!) DISTANCE courses online (winter deadline – December 20!) A common Hebrew name for both males and females (as well as the name of the most well-known work of Kabbalah) is זֹהַר, meaning glow….
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְעַלֵּף Learn to speak Hebrew with us: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online this week’s video dose of Hebrew! The Modern-Hebrew word for to faint is לְהִתְעַלֵּף , a reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb of the root ע.ל.פ (a.l.p). For example: הִיא הִתְעַלְּפָה בְּאֶמְצַע הָרְחוֹב. She fainted in the middle of the street. …
having trouble seeing the print? נְיַר עֲטִיפָה Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online A good Hebrew term to know as the end of fall approaches is that for wrapping paper: נְיַר עֲטִיפָה. נייר – paper – first appears in the Hebrew language in Mishnaic literature, while עטיפה – wrapping – comes from the…
having trouble seeing the print? לָצֵאת מִדַּעְתּוֹ Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online The English expression to go out of one’s (his) mind gets translated literally into Modern Hebrew: ֹלָצֵאת מִדַּעְתּו לצאת means to go out, while מדעתו means from his mind. To use this expression, conjugate the verb לצאת, and…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַפְצִיר Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online To beg, in Hebrew, is לְהִתְחַנֵּן . But there’s a certain type of begging that doesn’t let up. To beg in such a manner is לְהַפְצִיר . This word is used, albeit in a different verb form, in Biblical Hebrew,…
having trouble seeing the print? דַּחַף Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online The Hebrew word for to push is לִדְחוֹף . For example: הִיא דָּחְפָה אֶת עַצְמָהּ לְהֶשֵּׂגִים מַרְשִׁימִים. She pushed herself to impressive achievements. Modern Hebrew regards an urge (or impulse, compulsion, desire, etc) as an internal push – the word is…
having trouble seeing the print? אַלּוּף Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online this week’s video The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world introduces the Biblical term for a chief or the head of a tribe: אַלּוּף. Today this word refers to modern-day…
having trouble seeing the print? לְלֹא מוֹצָא Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online Yesterday we saw the Hebrew expression for point of departure – נְקֻדַּת מוֹצָא. דֶּרֶךְ לְלֹא מוֹצָא dead-end road The Hebrew term for a dead end – a point without departure or a place with no way out – is מָקוֹם…
having trouble seeing the print? לְמַצְמֵץ Check out our world-class conversational Hebrew program: LOCAL courses in Israel DISTANCE courses online The ancient Hebrew word for to peek is לְהָצִיץ, as in: הִנֵּה זֶה עוֹמֵד, אַחַר כָּתְלֵנוּ מַשְׁגִּיחַ מִן הַחַלֹּנוֹת, מֵצִיץ מִן הַחֲרַכִּים (שִׁיר הַשִּׁירִים ב:ט) Here he stands beyond our wall, watching from the windows, peeking through…