לְהִתְכַּרְבֵּל listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? In Israel, the winter has returned. It’s raining this week, and it’s time to snuggle under the covers. The Hebrew word for that is לְהִתְכַּרְבֵּל listen and repeat, a reflexive-intensive verb of a four-letter root. It appears in Biblical Hebrew (origin uncertain), where its root…
שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for chain (Biblical as well as Modern) is שַׁרְשֶׁרֶת listen and repeat. Say it out loud a few times. As a chain is a string of connected loops (לוּלָאוֹת listen and repeat), the word שרשרת itself conveys a sense of pieces being connected to one another – with…
אַתָּה חָמוּשׁ? listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Suppose you’re a man entering a shopping mall in Tel Aviv. The security guard is likely to pose a question: אַתָּה חָמוּשׁ? listen and repeat He’s asking whether you’re carrying a weapon. חמוש listen and repeat is one of the terms for armed. …
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat 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! listen and repeat
מְיֻחָד listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Built into the human brain is a remarkably accurate mechanism for recognizing and distinguishing human faces one from the other. I suppose that’s evidence that we’re all special. The Hebrew word for special is מְיֻחָד listen and repeat in the masculine and מְיֻחֶדֶת listen and repeat in…
כֵּנוּת, הֲגִינוּת, יֹשֶׁר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? I’m approaching the end of my third Frank McCourt book, Teacher Man. McCourt’s stories keep me turning pages and laughing out loud, but what I love most about his writing is the candor and honesty that glows on every page. There a few words…
כִּפַּת הַסֶּלַע listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Dome of the Rock (what is it?) has featured prominently in the news recently. The Hebrew term for it is כִּפַּת הַסֶּלַע listen and repeat. The word כִּפָּה listen and repeat means dome. It’s also the word for yarmulke or Jewish skullcap, as…
קַח רֶמֶז listen and repeat Can’t read Hehttps://archive.ulpan.com/yddh/brew yet? In an effort to avoid awkward moments, people sometimes attempt to communicate in more subtle ways, rather than making open and direct statements. If the receiving end of the communication doesn’t get it, the speaker might say get frustrated and say, “take a…
אֲנִי מַבְּסוּט listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Hebrew and the local dialect of Arabic borrow lots of words from one another, especially in slang. Among several slang terms that mean happy, chillin’, etc is the word borrowed from Arabic, מַבְּסוּט listen and repeat (written مبسوط in Arabic). In Hebrew, it means roughly satisfied or just happy,…
Can’t read Hebrew yet? חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material listen and repeat 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! listen and repeat
מְפַקֵּד listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? My cousin Yudi is the third Chabadnik to become a combat officer in the Israeli military. He is currently serving as a commander. The Hebrew word for military commander is מְפַקֵּד listen and repeat. Its root is פ.ק.ד (p.k.d), the concept of turning attention…