לְהִתָּקַע listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The rain may be a blessing, but most people don’t like getting stuck in it for too long. The Hebrew word for to get stuck is לְהִתָּקַע listen and repeat. Using the above example: נִתְקַעְתִּי בַּגֶּשֶׁם. I got stuck in the rain. listen …
לְנַחֵשׁ listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to guess is the active-intensive verb לְנַחֵשׁ listen and repeat. For example: אִם אַתָּה לֹא יוֹדֵעַ בְּוַדָּאוּת, תְּנַחֵשׁ. If you (a male) don’t know for sure, guess. listen This word can be found in Biblical Hebrew, though it refers to…
אֲנִי מְתָאֵר לְעַצְמִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? In English, when we make an assumption and create a potential scenario, we might say “I imagine,” as in: I imagine the neighbors think I’m crazy. In Hebrew, this form of I imagine is אֲנִי מְתָאֵר לְעַצְמִי listen and repeat – literally, I describe to…
תֹּאַר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ת.א.ר (t.a.r) means description, as in the active-intensive verb לְתָאֵר listen and repeat – to describe. Thus an academic degree – the description of a person’s education – is a תֹּאַר listen and repeat. For example: יֵשׁ לוֹ כְּבָר תֹּאַר רִאשׁוֹן, וְהוּא כָּרֶגַע לוֹמֵד לִקְרַאת…
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! listen and repeat
לַהֲרוֹג Can’t read Hebrew yet? Here’s one of the most ancient of words in the Hebrew language, going back to that primeval account of a brother in rage, the story of Cain and Abel. לַהֲרוֹג means to kill. For example: הַסַּרְטָן הָרַג אֹתָהּ. The cancer killed her. and לַהֲרוֹג וְלִרְצוֹחַ…
דְּגָנֵי בֹּקֶר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for grain is דָּגָן listen and repeat. So while many Israelis still refer to all breakfast cereals as קוֹרְֶנְפְלֶקְס listen and repeat, more and more are using the term דְּגָנֵי בֹּקֶר – literally, grains of the morning. For example: הֵם מוֹכְרִים…
יֵינָן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Wine is so basic to human culture that the word for it spans a wide variety of languages. In Italian and Spanish it’s vino, in Russian it’s вино (also vino), in Japanese it’s ワイン (sounds like vine), in Zulu it’s iwayini, and in Hebrew it’s יַיִן listen and repeat….
תְּאוֹמִים listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for twins is תְּאוֹמִים listen and repeat for a male or mixed pair, and תְּאוֹמוֹת listen and repeat for a female twins. A single twin is תְּאוֹם listen and repeat for a male and תְּאוֹמָה listen and repeat for a female, as in: יֵשׁ לְךָ תְּאוֹם? Do you…
דָּתִי לְאֻמִּי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Modern Orthodoxy is a way of Jewish life that fuses embrace of Jewish law and tradition, with engagement in contemporary life in a foreign culture. Between the lines, the Modern Orthodox Jew makes a statement that s/he is happy to live and absorb surrounding…
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! listen and repeat