יְרוּשַׁלְמִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? One of the things that make residents of this city unique is their response to snow. While Torontonians and New Yorkers and Parisians get on with their daily lives when it snows, Jerusalemites scramble for days before the cold white stuff starts coming down,…
גֵּרוּשִׁין listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to expel or to banish is the (not surprisingly) active-intensive verb לְגָרֵשׁ listen and repeat. It’s the same word used already in Biblical Hebrew for the unfortunate circumstance where a man asks his wife to leave – when he divorces her. Since today…
עוֹד לֹא, עֲדַיִן לֹא, טֶרֶם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? As in most languages, Hebrew has various registers – different words meaning something similar, but functioning in different contexts. For example, the expression not yet has a common expression – עוֹד לֹא listen and repeat or עֲדַיִן לֹא listen and repeat– and synonym…
לְהִתְרַבּוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you know a bit of Hebrew, you probably know the word for a lot or much – הַרְבֵּה listen and repeat – as in: אֲנִי רוֹצֶה לָדַעַת הַרְבֵּה עִבְרִית. I (a male) want to know a lot of Hebrew. listen The root ר.ב.ה…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!…
פּוֹשֵׁעַ, פְּלִילִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for crime in general is פֶּשַׁע listen and repeat, as in: גִּבּוֹרֵי-עַל נִלְחָמִים בַּפֶּשַׁע. Superheroes fight (the) crime. listen Thus a criminal is a פּוֹשֵׁעַ listen and repeat (a male) or a פּוֹשַׁעַת listen and repeat (a female). Now that’s criminal as…
לְסָרֵב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to refuse is לְסָרֵב listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb. For example: אָנוּ שׁוֹמְרִים לְעַצְמֵנוּ אֶת הַזְּכוּת לְסָרֵב שֵׁרוּת לְכָל אָדָם. We reserve (to ourselves) the right to refuse service to anyone. listen Likewise, refusal is סֵרוּב listen and…
לִתְמוֹךְ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve lived in Israel, you may have called your Internet service provider or your phone company and heard the recording in the directory say something like: לִתְמִיכָה טֶכְנִית, הַקִּישׁוּ שְׁתַּיִם. For technical support, press two. listen The word תמיכה listen and repeat means support,…
חַיּוּת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word vitality, the force of life, comes from the same root as viva as in Viva, Las Vegas! – Live, Las Vegas! Likewise, the Hebrew word for vitality – חַיּוּת listen and repeat – comes from the root ח.י.ה (kh.y.h) meaning life. For…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? You spent time on your Hebrew this week. Use these review materials to make it yours to keep. Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!…
עֶגְלַת תִּינוֹק listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word עֲגָלָה listen and repeat means carriage or wagon. You’ll find it in the supermarket, with: סְלִיחָה, זֹאת הָעֲגָלָה שֶׁלִּי. Excuse me, that’s my cart. listen You’ll also find it on the sidewalk, when strolling a baby along: אַתָּה…