how to say “guilty feelings” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? רִגְשׁוֹת אַשְׁמָה     Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat, Ramat Beit Shemesh and Tzfat Deadline to save 200 shekels April 1 – no joke!       The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world unveils the spiritual life of those Jews living in the times…

how to say “medical center” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? מֶרְכָּז רְפוּאִי     Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh     A center is a מֶרְכָּז (mehr-KAHZ). For example, the greater Tel Aviv metropolis is considered מֶרְכַּז הָאָרֶץ (mehr-KAHZ hah-AH-rets) – the center of the country. The root of מרכז is ר.כ.ז (r.k.z) meaning concentration.  The practice of…

how to say “massacre” in Hebrew

medical center   having trouble seeing the print? טֶבַח     The root is ט.ב.ח (t.b.kh), just like that of the word for kitchen – מִטְבָּח (meet-BAHKH). And it makes sense – a מטבח is historically the place where butchering took place.  Toulouse. אוֹצָר הַתּוֹרָה (oh-TSAHR hah-toh-RAH) – The Treasure of the Torah. Sweet innocent children and adults…

how to say “myself” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? עַצְמִי     Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh         The Hebrew word עֶצֶם (EH-tsem) means, literally, bone. In Biblical Hebrew, the word עַצְמִי (ahts-MEE) means only my bone or my bones. It is used figuratively in the expression עַצְמִי וּבְשָׂרִי (ahts-MEE oo-veh-sah-REE) – literally, my bone and my flesh – equivalent…

How to say optimal in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? אוֹפְּטִימָלִי, מֵיטָבִי     Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh      The word meaning optimal you’re most likely to hear in Spoken Hebrew is אוֹפְּטִימָלִי (ohp-tee-MAH-lee). But the Israeli media is control of much of public opinion as well as public language, and today I saw an article in a major…

how to say “extreme” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? קִיצוֹנִי     Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh     The Hebrew word for edge or tip is קָצֶה (kah-TZEH). This word figures prominently in the Tabernacle blueprints spelled out in the Torah portions to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world.  Two edges are שְׁנֵי קְצָוֹת (she-NEH-ee keh-tsah-VOHT). In Biblical…

how to say “a cooling trend” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? מְגַמַּת הִתְקָרְרוּת   Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh      Jerusalem saw snow less than two weeks ago. Then it got warm enough to walk around in tee-shirts and sandals. But it’s getting cold again. A cooling trend is a מְגַמַּת הִתְקָרְרוּת (meh-gah-MAHT heet-kah-reh-ROOT).  The word מְגַמָּה (meh-gah-MAH), one that…

how to say “to intercept” in Hebrew

having trouble seeing the print? לְיָרֵט  Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh    This one’s for Ruti… and for our heroes in southern Israel, civilian and military. This word means to intercept as well as to shoot down: לְיָרֵט (leh-yah-RET). It’s an active-intensive פיעל verb, of the Biblical-Hebrew root י.ר.ט (y.r.t), which means thwart. Interception of rockets…

how to say “to clear the table” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? לְפַנּוֹת אֶת הַשֻּׁלְחָן     Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh   לְפַנּוֹת means to clear off. For example, I might say, אֲנִי מְפַנֶּה לִי אֶת הַבֹּקֶר כְּדֵי לִנְסוֹעַ עִם דָּנִית לַיָּם (ah-NEE meh-fah-NEH lee et hah-BOH-kehr keh-DEH-ee leen-SOH-ah eem dah-NEET lah-YAHM) – I’m clearing (for myself) the morning in order…

how to say “to move the clock” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? לְהָזִיז אֶת הַשָּׁעוֹן   Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh  Daylight savings time started today in the United States. The Hebrew expression for to move the clock is the same as the English: לְהָזִיז אֶת הַשָּׁעוֹן (leh-hah-ZEEZ et hah-shah-OHN).  To move, as in, “I’m moving from one spot on…

how to say “to sober up” in Hebrew

  having trouble seeing the print? לְהִתְפַּכֵּחַ     Check out our spring coursesin Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh  For those celebrating Purim outside of Jerusalem, this word is relevant. For those where I’m at… well, we’re not quite ready for it. To become sober is the reflexive-intensive התפעל verb, לְהִתְפַּכֵּח (leh-heet-pah-KEH-ahkh). Its root, פ.כ.ח (p.k.kh), from Aramaic, is nearly identical…