having trouble seeing the print? גָּמוּר, מַסְטוּל This one’s for Ilana in NYC. While some refrain from excessive celebration on פּוּרִים (poo-REEM), others… just go for it. Once they’ve done so, many of them find themselves passed out on the couch. One might point to him and say, הוּא גָּמוּר לְגַמְרֵי (hoo gah-MOOR leh-GAHM-reh –…
having trouble seeing the print? נִצְחִי Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh There are a few ways of saying forever in Hebrew. One is לְעוֹלָם (leh-oh-LAHM), employing the original Biblical meaning of the word עולם (oh-LAHM) – eternity. In Modern Hebrew (as well as in late Biblical Hebrew), עולם means world….
having trouble seeing the print? מֻמְלָץ Check out our spring courses in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Raanana, Efrat and Ramat Beit Shemesh Yesterday we had the word for recommendation – הַמְלָצָה (hahm-lah-TSAH). This is the noun form of the active-causative הפעיל verb to recommend – לְהַמְלִיץ (leh-hahm-LEETS). Today I’d like to introduce the word for recommended – מֻמְלָץ…
having trouble seeing the print? הַמְלָצָה LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The Biblical root מ.ל.צ (m.l.ts) means smooth or agreeable. Modern Hebrew takes this root, puts in into the active-causative הפעיל verb form, and creates the word לְהַמְלִיץ (leh-hahm-LEETS) – to present something as agreeable or, in a word, to recommend. And if לְהַזְמִין (leh-hahz-MEEN)…
having trouble seeing the print? פַּעֲמוֹן LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! This one’s for Sarah in Tel Aviv. The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world describes the garments worn by the priests in the Temple service. Among a few objects dangling from the coat of the high priest…
having trouble seeing the print? כְּבוּדָה LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The baggage claim area in Ben Gurion International Airport is labeled, in Hebrew, אִסּוּף כְּבוּדָה (ee-SOOF keh-voo-DAH) – literally, gathering of luggage. This translation of the English word luggage, כבודה, comes from the ancient Hebrew word for weighty or heavy – כָּבֵד, the same…
having trouble seeing the print? לוּחַ שָׁנָה This term means calendar when speaking of a full calendar of twelve months. The term is לוּחַ שָׁנָה (LOO-ahkh shah-NAH), meaning literally, board of a year. To mean daily planner, you’d use the word יוֹמָן (yoh-MAHN), from the word יוֹם (yohm) meaning day. יומן is also used…
having trouble seeing the print? תְּזוּנָה LEVEL 2 (low-intermediate) Hebrew course opening soon in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! The Hebrew word for contribution or donation is תְּרוּמָה (teh-roo-MAH). The original root of this word, contrary to one’s first intuition, is ר.ו.מ (r.w.m) meaning height. The ת (t) at the beginning takes the concept of height and creates a word meaning, that which is…
having trouble seeing the print? לְאַלֵּף Check out Ulpan La-Inyan’s 2012 Course Calendars! …to be found the branch homepages Last week I introduced the Hebrew word for studio – אֻלְפָּן (ool-PAHN). I explained that it comes from the root א.ל.פ (a.l.p) which, in Aramaic, means teaching. Likewise, the word for to train an animal is לְאַלֵּף (leh-ah-LEF), an…
having trouble seeing the print? לְגַיֵּס, לִרְתּוֹם Level 4 Hebrew course opening in Tel Aviv this Sunday! Suppose you need to recruit people to volunteer to say, give blood… or to donate towards the establishment of a magnificent spiritual center, as it happens in the Torah portion to be read tomorrow by Jews around the…
having trouble seeing the print? אֶלָּא אִם כֵּן Level 4 Hebrew course opening in Tel Aviv this Sunday! Some parts of speech have very clear translations from one language to another. For example, a noun such as tree has a clear equivalent in all languages with Hebrew being no exception: עֵץ (ets). Likewise, the verb לְהַזְמִין…