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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 listen and repeat 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 listen and repeat means to kill. For example: הַסַּרְטָן הָרַג אֹתָהּ. The cancer…
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
שֵׂעַר שֵׂיבָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word זִקְנָה listen and repeat means old age. It also has a more poetic, gentle synonym, שֵׂיבָה listen and repeat, as in the Biblical injunction found on the walls of Israeli buses today: מִפְּנֵי שֵׂיבָה תָּקוּם before age you shall stand (Leviticus 19) listen …
לְהַשְׁקוֹת אֶת הַצְּמָחִים listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for plant is צֶמַח listen and repeat, related to the active-simple verb ַלִצְמוֹח listen and repeat – to grow – as in: צָמַח לָהּ פֶּרַח יָפֶה בַּגִּנָּה. A pretty flower grew in her garden. listen And to water is the active-causative verb לְהַשְׁקוֹת listen and…
נָקִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for clean is נָקִי listen and repeat, as in: הַכּוֹס הַזֹּאת נְקִיָּה? Is this cup clean? listen The word also works in the proverbial sense, as in: אַחֲרֵי תַּחְקִיר בֶּן שְׁמוֹנֶה שָׁעוֹת, הֻסַּק שֶׁהוּא נָקִי וְהוּא שֻׁחְרַר. After an eight-hour…