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  having trouble seeing the print? גּוֹרָל, יִעוּד this week’s video dose of Hebrew by Ami Steinberger Founder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan Enjoying Your Daily Dose of Hebrew? Consider making a donation!

  having trouble seeing the print? חִלּוֹנִי, חִלּוֹנִית   highly recommended reference  for further vocabulary growth  In yesterday’s dose of Hebrew, we saw the root for profane or not sacred is ח.ל.ל (kh.l.l). This is the root of the Modern-Hebrew term referring to someone or something secular or non-religious – חִלּוֹנִי (  ) in the masculine and חִלּוֹנִית (  ) in the feminine.  For example: תֵּל…

  having trouble seeing the print? חוֹל       Last week, I wrote a post on the Hebrew term for mermaid and how that relates to the name of the Israeli coastal town, בַּת יָם (  ) – Bat Yam.   Here’s a post about sand, which inspired the name for Bat Yam’s next-door neighbor town, חוֹלוֹן (  ).   The Hebrew…

  having trouble seeing the print? שָׁנוּן, שְׁנוּנָה   highly recommended  for further vocabulary growth   If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer in its original Hebrew, you probably know the phrase וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ (  ) – and you shall teach them to your children. The root of ושננתם (  ) is שׁ.נ.נ (sh.n.n) meaning learning by repetition. It’s also the…

  having trouble seeing the print? לַחְפּוֹר   highly recommended  for further vocabulary growth The Ancient- as well as Modern-Hebrew word for to dig is לַחְפּוֹר (  ), of the root ח.פ.ר (kh.p.r) and the active-simple פָּעַל verb form. For example: יִצְחָק חָפַר בְּאֵרוֹת בַּנֶּגֶב. Isaac dug wells in the Negev (southern desert portion of Israel).   The word…

having trouble seeing the print? קִנְאָה   this week’s video dose of Hebrew by Ami Steinberger Founder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan

  having trouble seeing the print? אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חָכָם, אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חֲכָמָה   “When will the videos be ready?” “I’ll know better once I manage to find all the right images.” In Hebrew, instead of saying I’ll know better, we say, אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חָכָם when a male is speaking and אֶהְיֶה יוֹתֵר חֲכָמָה when a female is speaking. Broken…

  having trouble seeing the print? בַּת יָם, בְּתוּלַת יָם   highly recommended  for further vocabulary growth   There’s a city just south of Tel Aviv-Jaffa, nicely situated on the coast, called Bat Yam – in Hebrew, בַּת יָם (  ). The name means literally, daughter of (the) sea. When those sitting in the local council gave the…

תִּינוֹק, תִּינוֹקֶת The Hebrew word for baby boy is תִּינוֹק ( ), while the word for baby girl is תִּינוֹקֶת ( ). When speaking of multiple babies, it’s תִּינוֹקוֹת ( ), regardless of gender. These words derive from the root י.נ.ק (y.n.k), which means nursing. They first appear in Mishnaic Hebrew. For example, I wish to congratulate my friends, my…

  having trouble seeing the print? מַחֲזֶה (written before Shabbat)   watch video for full lesson!   Learn to Speak Hebrew with Ulpan La-Inyan!

  having trouble seeing the print? כְּדַאי, כְּדָאִי, מִשְׁתַּלֵּם highly recommended  for further vocabulary growth   Hebrew has a few ways of saying worthwhile, depending on what you mean. To use worthwhile in a general sense, as one would say in English, it’s worth it, the word is כְּדַאי ( ). It’s not an adjective, but a modal verb, much like אֶפְשָׁר ( ) – it’s possible. For…