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
מִתְחַשֵּׁק לִי… listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for that basic feeling of desire or the urge to live and enjoy is חֵשֶׁק listen and repeat. אֵין לִי חֵשֶׁק לָצֵאת הַיּוֹם. I don’t have the oomph to go out today. listen To say I feel like… or I don’t feel like…, you’d…
לְהַשְׁכִּיב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? לִשְׁכַּב listen and repeat means to lie down. For example: בְּשַׁבָּת אַחַר הַצָּהֳרַיִם, אַבָּא שׁוֹכֵב עַל הַסַּפָּה. On Shabbat afternoon, Dad lies down on the sofa. listen לשכב is an intransitive form (more or lesss) of an active-simple verb, whose root is שׁ.כ.ב (sh.k.b). In order…
*** Yesterday’s dose’s sound files were mislinked, so you may have had trouble hearing them. My apologies. You can hear the sound files now by visiting this page. מַעֲקֶה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Torah prescribes that homeowners put some kind of fencing or railing on their roofs, so that…
אָהוּב, אֲהוּבָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for love is אַהֲבָה listen and repeat (yep, just like the Dead Sea brand), whose root is א.ה.ב (a.h.b). To love is לֶאֱהוֹב listen and repeat, an active-simple verb. It also means to like. For example: אֲנִי אוֹהֵב פַּסְטָה. I like pasta….
דּוֹר Can’t read Hebrew yet? Most Hebrew nouns appear masculine in both singular and plural forms, or feminine in singular and plural forms. For example, שָׁעוֹן is a clock, while שְׁעוֹנִים are clocks; and חַיָּה is an animal, while חַיּוֹת are animals. Some words, however, can be deceiving. One of those words…
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
שׁוֹפֵט listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? We’ve seen that מִשְׁפָּט listen and repeat refers to that unit of speech or writing called sentence, and that its root is שׁ.פ.ט (sh.p.t) meaning judgment. Likewise, a judge in most courts is a שׁוֹפֵט listen and repeat or שׁוֹפֶטֶת listen and repeat (male and female, respectively). An example from…
בֵּית הַמִּשְׁפָּט הָעֶלְיוֹן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Hebrew uses a lot of acronyms. One example is that for בֵּית הַמִּשְׁפָּט הַגָּבוֹהַּ לְצֶדֶק listen and repeat – the High Court of Justice: בָּגָ”ץ listen and repeat. Focusing on social justice including claims against government agencies, בג”ץ is a division of the supreme court, בֵּית הַמִּשְׁפָּט…
מִשְׁטָרָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for police in the general sense, as in “the police,” is מִשְׁטָרָה listen and repeat. It derives from the root שׁ.ט.ר (sh.t.r), also the root of שׁוֹטֵר listen and repeat, and שׁוֹטֶרֶת listen and repeat, a police officer (male and female, respectively). The word falls into…
מִשְׁפָּט listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for sentence – as in “These words form a sentence.” – is מִשְׁפָּט listen and repeat. It comes from the root שׁ.פ.ט (sh.p.t) meaning judgment. For example: הַיֶּלֶד שֶׁהִפְרִיעַ בַּשִּׁיעוּר נִדְרַשׁ לִכְתּוֹב מִשְׁפָּטִים עַל הַלּוּחַ. The boy who interrupted class was…