חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
אַחְדּוּת Can’t read Hebrew yet? Difficulties cause strife and tension, but they sometimes serve to unify people. To unify people is לְאַחֵד אֲנָשִׁים . For example: הַמְּאֹרָע הַקָּשֶׁה אֵחֵד אֶת הַמִּשְׁפָּחָה. The difficult event unified the family. To unify, as in to come together, is לְהִתְאַחֵד . For…
הָאוֹר שֶׁבִּקְצֶה הַמִּנְהָרָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? Tunnels are dark places, but, by definition, they end. The light at the end of the tunnel is הָאוֹר שֶׁבִּקְצֶה הַמִּנְהָרָה Broken down: האור – the light שבקצה – that is at the edge of, where קָצֶה means edge המנהרה – the tunnel
מַחְשָׁבוֹת, הִרְהוּרִים Can’t read Hebrew yet? תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב – Tisha Be’Av or the ninth of (the Jewish month of) Av – is the public day of mourning for the calamities that have come upon the Jewish People. It’s a day of introspection, of thoughts. Now, there are thoughts and there are thoughts….
מִנְהָרָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The primary objective of Operation Protective Edge was the destruction of tunnels that Hamas had built to terrorize Israel. The Hebrew word for tunnel is מִנְהָרָה. It comes from the word נָהָרmeaning river, so that a tunnel is a place dug through the ground, potentially by a river. For example:…
נְסִיגָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word withdrawal has multiple meanings in English, each with its own word in Hebrew. The one in the news these days refers to the military’s withdrawal from the place it’s invaded. That word is נְסִיגָה , of the active-simple verb לָסֶגֶת – to withdraw. The word…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material Can’t read Hebrew yet? Review, practice and test yourself on this week’s doses of Hebrew! Flashcards Game Test שַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם, וְסוֹף שָׁבוּעַ נָעִים! Shabbat Shalom, and have a nice weekend!
הַשְּׁפֵלָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The plain of Israel – the part that is lower than the mountains, higher than the sea, and is characterized primarily by soft rocks strewn about – is called הַשְּׁפֵלָה. The word comes from the root שׁ.פ.ל (sh.p.l) meaning low. שׁ.פ.ל is also the root of the word שָׁפֵל meaning…
אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית Can’t read Hebrew yet? Earlier this week we saw the Hebrew versions of a couple of “united” political bodies: הָאוּמוֹת הַמְּאֻחָדוֹת (הָאוּ”ם) the United Nations (the UN) and הַמַּמְלָכָה הַמְּאֻחֶדֶת the United Kingdom Both of these use the word מְאֻחָד – unified. …
הַמַּמְלָכָה הַמְּאֻחֶדֶת Can’t read Hebrew yet? The other day we saw that the United Nations, in Hebrew, is האומות המאחדות . or, usually abbreviated to האו”ם . Here’s another “united” political body, except this one’s in the singular: הממלכה המאחדת is the United Kingdom. But unlike in English where the phrase…
מִסְפָּר חָסוּם, מִסְפָּר חָסוּי Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’re ready for some mini immersion, change your phone settings to Hebrew. It’s a great way of picking up some new vocabulary in the area of communications. Whereas on an English screen, you might get a call from a “blocked” number,…