לָצֵאת, לַעֲזוֹב Can’t read Hebrew yet? Also featured in our Passover video is one of the Hebrew terms for to leave: לָצֵאת . לצאת – an active-simple verb of the root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) – means literally to go out or to exit, so that יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם is the exiting of Egypt or the Exodus. Here are a couple of colloquial usages of לצאת: יָצָאנוּ לְדֵייט. We went…
יְלָדִים, בָּנִים 1 – ילדים, ילדות The Hebrew words for boy and girl are יֶלֶדand יַלְדָה, respectively. Likewise, a group of boys and girls – children* – are יְלָדִים. For example: כַּמָּה יְלָדִים יֵשׁ לָהּ? How many children does she have? Strictly speaking, יְלָדוֹתmeans girls, but this term is not used as often…
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!
The links are now corrected in the online version of yesterday’s Dose of Hebrew, which you can find here. I apologize for the inconvenience. Keep learning and enjoying! אִבְחוּן Can’t read Hebrew yet? In Biblical times, diagnosis was done not by medical professionals (these did not exist), but rather by…
מִבְחָן, בְּחִינָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? English has two words for that event that fills students with anticipation or dread – test and exam. Hebrew does too. מִבְחָןand בְּחִינָה, both of the root ב.ח.נ (b.kh.n), are more or less synonymous. They do have subtle differences in usage, though, with מבחן tending to refer…
אַתָּה נִרְאֶה חִוֵּר Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for pale is חִוֵּר when referring to a male, and חִוֶּרֶת when referring to a female. But when used as an adverb, חיור is the right word for both males and females. For example: אַתְּ נִרְאֵית לִי קְצַת חִוֵּר הַיּוֹם….
לְסַפֵּר סִפּוּר Can’t read Hebrew yet? פֶּסַח – Passover – is coming up, the holiday when Jews tell over the story of the Exodus. But whereas in Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew, to tell something over is לְהַגִּיד (hence the הַגָּדָה שֶׁל פֶּסַח – the Passover Haggadah or the telling over of Passover), the…
מַהֵר, מָהִיר Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you likely know the word for fast or quickly – מַהֵר , for example: הַמְּכוֹנִית נוֹסַעַת מַהֵר. The car drives (travels) fast. Now, that’s fast as an adverb, describing an action such as the driving or traveling of the car. But if you want to…
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!
יַיִן מְיֻשָּׁן Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Biblical Term In Biblical times, good aged wine might have been called יַיִן יָשָׁן נוֹשָׁן , as some sweet wines are called today. נוֹשָׁן means having become old. The word is derived from the נִפְעַל verb form and the root י.שׁ.נ (y.sh.n)…
זָקֵן, יָשָׁן, וכו. Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, we might call a person old (albeit not very politely) just as we might call a tree old. In Hebrew, we’ve got different terms for old people, animals and things. זקן, זקנה An old or elderly person might be called זָקֵןif he’s a man and זְקֵנָהif…