לְהִתָּקַע 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 . Using the above example: נִתְקַעְתִּי בַּגֶּשֶׁם. I got stuck in the rain. להיתקע is a…
לְנַחֵשׁ Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for to guess is the active-intensive verb לְנַחֵשׁ . For example: אִם אַתָּה לֹא יוֹדֵעַ בְּוַדָּאוּת, תְּנַחֵשׁ. If you (a male) don’t know for sure, guess. This word can be found in Biblical Hebrew, though it refers to predicting events –…
אֲנִי מְתָאֵר לְעַצְמִי 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 – literally, I describe to myself: When we…
תֹּאַר Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew root ת.א.ר (t.a.r) means description, as in the active-intensive verb לְתָאֵר – to describe. Thus an academic degree – the description of a person’s education – is a תֹּאַר . For example: יֵשׁ לוֹ כְּבָר תֹּאַר רִאשׁוֹן, וְהוּא כָּרֶגַע לוֹמֵד לִקְרַאת תֹּאַר שֵׁנִי. He already…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material 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!
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 Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for grain is דָּגָן . So while many Israelis still refer to all breakfast cereals as קוֹרְֶנְפְלֶקְס , more and more are using the term דְּגָנֵי בֹּקֶר – literally, grains of the morning. For example: הֵם מוֹכְרִים דְּגָנֵי בֹּקֶר בִּמְחִיר הֶפְסֵד….
יֵינָן 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 . And a vintner or…
תְּאוֹמִים Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for twins is תְּאוֹמִים for a male or mixed pair, and תְּאוֹמוֹת for a female twins. A single twin is תְּאוֹם for a male and תְּאוֹמָה for a female, as in: יֵשׁ לְךָ תְּאוֹם? Do you have a twin? The…
דָּתִי לְאֻמִּי 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 foreign (non-Jewish)…
חֹמֶר לְשִׁנּוּן Review Material 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!