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גֹּדֶל, מִדָּה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you know that the word for big is גָּדוֹל listen and repeat for a masculine object such as a book, and גְּדוֹלָה listen and repeat for a feminine object such as a shirt. Size – or bigness – is גֹּדֶל listen…
הַקְּהִלִּיָּה הַבֵּינְלְאֻמִּית listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The common Modern Hebrew word for community is קְהִלָּה listen and repeat. This word appears in Biblical Hebrew, but there the more common word is קָהָל listen and repeat or עֵדָה listen and repeat. Now קהילה refers to a community of people, linked by common interests…
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 חַג פּוּרִים שָׂמֵחַ… וְשַׁבָּת שָׁלוֹם! Happy Purim… and Shabbat Shalom! listen and repeat
קִיר, חוֹמָה, כֹּתֶל listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? 1 קִיר קִיר listen and repeat is the everyday word. It refers to the wall you’re probably facing right now, if you’re indoors. It’s that which encloses and divides between rooms. For example: בַּחֶדֶר שֶׁנִּפְתַּח אֶל הֶחָצֵר יֵשׁ שְׁלֹשָׁה קִירוֹת וְדֶלֶת גְּדוֹלָה מִזְּכוּכִית. In the…
גַּן, גִּנָּה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for garden goes way back to the opening passages of the Bible, so that the Garden of Eden is גַּן עֵדֶן listen and repeat– or, in the Biblical context, “a garden in Eden, in the east” – גַּן בְּעֵדֶן מִקֶּדֶם listen and repeat….
סַמִּים listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Modern-Hebrew word for drugs is סַמִּים listen and repeat, while one drug is סַם listen and repeat. These refer to street drugs only – the word for medicine is תְּרוּפָה listen and repeat. For example: סַמִּים בְּדֶרֶךְ כְּלָל מְמַכְּרִים. (Street) drugs are usually addictive….
מָחֳרָתַיִם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve got some basic Hebrew, you know that the word for tomorrow is מָחָר listen and repeat. But you may not know that there’s a special word for the day after tomorrow: מָחֳרָתַיִם listen and repeat. For example: מָחֳרָתַיִם כְּבָר פּוּרִים! Two…
מִשְׁקוֹלוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Modern Israel’s currency is the New Shekel – הַשֶּׂקֶל הֶחָדָשׁ listen and repeat, but the word שֶׁקֶל listen and repeat goes way back to Biblical times, when it referred to the value of a gold or silver coin based on its weight. The root שׁ.ק.ל (sh.k.l)…
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!…
דִּמְדּוּמִים, בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? That curious time between sunset and nightfall – also technically between dawn and sunrise – is called twilight – between light. Such a time of day causes confusion – is it day or night? Is it light or dark? Can I trust my…
מִלּוּי, סְתִימָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? With Purim coming up, some of you may already be thinking about those special holiday cookies, hamentaschen (Yiddish, literally, Haman’s pockets) – in Hebrew, אָזְנֵי הָמָן listen and repeat (literally, Haman’s ears) and the various fillings they come with. The Hebrew word for filling when…