having trouble seeing the print? מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Register Now! The Biblical Jacob crossed the Jordan River with his family and belongings, just as today people cross that river between the countries Israel and Jordan. The Hebrew term for border crossing is מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל listen and repeat. A מַעֲבָר listen…
having trouble seeing the print? וָרֹד, וְרֻדָּה listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! See review material at the end of today’s dose! In the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world, Jacob has a vision of עַתֻּדִים… וּבְרֻדִּים listen – billy goats… (and) speckled….
וֶרֶד, שׁוֹשַׁנָּה Modern Hebrew has two words for rose: וֶרֶד and שׁוֹשַנָּה. Both are also names given to Israeli baby girls (שושנה is the original Hebrew for the English name Susanna), though not as often today as in previous generations. While ורד first appears in the later Mishnaic Hebrew, שושנה first appears in Biblical Hebrew…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּגִישָׁה, מִפְגָּשׁ, אָסֵפָה, יְשִׁיבָה listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! As you can tell from the title, there are many words in Hebrew for meeting. Here’s a digest for you. פגישה The most common word for meeting is פְּגִישָׁה listen and repeat. It comes from…
having trouble seeing the print? תַּקָּלָה טֶכְנִית listen and repeat Those of you receiving Your Daily Dose of Hebrew via email may have been disappointed over the past few days, since no emails have gone out. If you’re receiving this one, the problem has been solved. Here’s how to say glitch…
having trouble seeing the print? מְסֻיָּם, נְקֻדָּתִי, סְפֶּצִיפִי listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! The English word specific has a few synonyms: particular, precise, exact, etc. Likewise, Hebrew has more than one word for different situations. The most commonly-used one is transliterated from English: סְפֶּצִיפִי listen and repeat. For example: …
having trouble seeing the print? יְצִיאַת חֵרוּם listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! The Hebrew word for emergency is חֵרוּם listen and repeat, as discussed here. An exit is a יְצִיאָה listen and repeat, coming from the active-simple verb לָצֵאת listen and repeat – to go out – whose root is י.צ.א (y.ts.a). …
having trouble seeing the print? עֲדָשׁוֹת, עֲדָשִׁים listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! See review material at the end of today’s dose… and TEST YOURSELF! The Hebrew words for lens and lentil are the same – עֲדָשָׁה listen and repeat. That’s because when the makers of Modern Hebrew were thinking about what…
having trouble seeing the print? נִתּוּחַ listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! Surgery, as in a surgical operation, is נִתּוּחַ listen and repeat – whereas surgery in the abstract sense, is כִירוּרְגִּיָה listen and repeat – chirurgy transliterated. So, we have: הִיא עָבְרָה נִתּוּחַ. She underwent surgery. listen and הוּא לָמַד…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַרְכִּיב מִשְׁקָפַיִם listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! As for the act of putting on shoes, Hebrew has a special term for to wear glasses: לְהַרְכִּיב מִשְׁקָפַיִם listen and repeat. The word להרכיב means to assemble in other contexts. Regarding glasses, להרכיב listen and repeat,…
having trouble seeing the print? מְחַבֵּל, מְחַבֶּלֶת listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! The most widely-used Hebrew word for terrorist is מְחַבֵּל listen and repeat for a male and מְחַבֶּלֶת listen and repeat for a female. These words are participle forms (also present-tense) of the active-intensive verb לְחַבֵּל listen and repeat, which means…