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מוֹקֵד חֵרוּם listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? מֶרְכָּז listen and repeat is the better-known word for center. Its root is ר.כ.ז (r.k.z) meaning concentration: a מרכז is a place where people or things gather inside of it, such as: מֶרְכַּז הָעִיר the city center listen and מֶרְכַּז רְפוּאִי medical center listen Its…
הַחֲדָשׁוֹת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word חָדָשׁ listen and repeat means new. It’s an adjective, which means that it takes on the gender of word it modifies, for example: קָנִיתִי בְּגָדִים חֲדָשִׁים. I bought new clothes. (בגדים is masculine) listen and זֹאת מַגֶּבֶת חֲדָשָׁה. This is…
בְּעַיִן יָפָה Can’t read Hebrew yet? The proper term for generosity is נְדִיבוּת, but the most commonly-used term that describes giving generously suggests that when a person feels generous, they see and appreciate the beauty in the world: to give generously is לָתֵת בְּעַיִן יָפָה– literally, to give with a beautiful eye. For example: אֲנַחְנוּ…
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
אַרְיֶה, לָבִיא listen and repeat If you’ve toured northern Israel, you may have come across a place called Kibbutz Lavi – קִבּוּץ לָבִיא listen and repeat. The word לָבִיא listen and repeat, in Modern Hebrew, is a flowery term for lion – whereas אַרְיֶה listen and repeat is the common word: יֵשׁ אֲרָיוֹת בְּאַפְרִיקָה. There are lions in…
גִּלּוּי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Last summer I did a video on the Hebrew expression for Columbus discovered America. The word for to discover is the same as that for to reveal: לְגַלּוֹת listen and repeat, an active-intensive verb of the root ג.ל.ה (g.l.h). For example: הִיא גִּלְּתָה לִי אֶת…
רֶגֶשׁ עִקָּרִי listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? רֶגֶשׁ listen and repeat means emotion. עִקָּרִי listen and repeat means prime, main or primary. רֶגֶשׁ עִקָּרִי listen and repeat is primary emotion or primary feeling. הָרֶגֶשׁ הָעִקָּרִי שֶׁלִּי עַכְשָׁו הוּא כַּעַס. My primary emotion now is anger. listen It’s starting to give way to sadness.
קֶשֶׁר עַיִן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? So, we’ve seen that to contact someone is לִיצוֹר קֶשֶׁר listen and repeat. Eye contact in Hebrew, literally, eye connection, is קֶשֶׁר עַיִן listen and repeat. Applying both terms, we get: יָצַרְתִּי אִתָּהּ קֶשֶׁר עַיִן. I made eye contact with her. listen
צְרוּ קֶשֶׁר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Unlike English, Hebrew doesn’t have one single word to mean to contact. Rather, we use an expression that means to create connection… which is essentially what contacting a person accomplishes. The expression is לִיצוֹר קֶשֶׁר listen and repeat. For example: יָצַרְתִּי אִתָּם קֶשֶׁר. I…
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
תֹּכֶן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? We saw the word for contents referring to that which fills a physical space, such as a stack of plates sitting inside a box. That word is תְּכוּלָה listen and repeat. Then there’s content in the abstract sense, such as the content of a book, or the…