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having trouble seeing the print? מְפֻרְסָם listen and repeat Discount Deadline TODAY for our Level 1 course REGISTER NOW! חֲנֻכָּה listen and repeat – Hanukkah – among other things, is about publicizing miracles by showcasing lights to the world. The Hebrew word for to publicize or to advertise is לְפַרְסֵם listen and repeat, a four-letter root first appearing in Mishnaic Hebrew, whose…
having trouble seeing the print? נָפַל לִי הָאֲסִימוֹן listen and repeat Discount Deadline TOMORROW for our Level 1 course REGISTER NOW! Back when people used payphones, and before even these required an electronic card to make a call, Israelis inserted a special token into payphones called an אֲסִימוֹן listen and repeat. …
having trouble seeing the print? עוֹף, תַּרְנְגוֹלֶת listen and repeat They tell a joke about an Israeli man married to an American woman, living in the States. He buys her a microwave as a surprise and tells her he’s going to put it to use right away by cooking a chicken in it. As he…
having trouble seeing the print? לָעוּף listen and repeat Arik Einstein, one of Israel’s most important and influential musicians, passed away last week. At a ceremony at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv before the funeral, Prime Minister Netanyahu said: הָיִיתָ הַגָּדוֹל מִכֻּלָּם, הַזַּמָּר הַלְּאֻמִּי. You were the greatest of them all, our (the) national…
הוֹדָיָה listen and repeat This is a word that’s not used everyday. We’ve already done an entry on the word grateful, which you’ll find here. The Hebrew word for thanksgiving, as in English, is reserved for special occasions, such as that favorite American holiday itself. The word is הוֹדָיָה listen and repeat. It comes…
having trouble seeing the print? סֵפֶר אֶלֶקְטְרוֹנִי בְּחִנָּם listen and repeat חֲנֻכָּה listen and repeat and Thanksgiving are times of joy and giving. This year, as a way of spreading awareness about Hebrew and this Daily Dose, I’m giving away my brand-new ebook, Hebrew Described, to you and your friends and family. It’s a collection…
having trouble seeing the print? לֹא עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! “It’s cold outside. I think it’ll snow.” “It’s not that cold…” In Hebrew, the latter expression would be: לֹא עַד כְּדֵי כָּךְ קָר… listen The former expression, where the speaker is a male, would be: …
having trouble seeing the print? מִשְׁלַחַת listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! The word מִשְׁלַחַת listen and repeat means delegation. It comes from the word לִשְׁלוֹחַ, an active-simple verb, meaning to send, of the root שׁ.ל.ח (sh.l.kh). For example: הַמִּשְׁלַחַת הַיִּשְׂרָאֵלִית הִגִּיעָה לַפִילִיפִּינִים. The Israeli delegation arrived at the Philippines. listen A…
having trouble seeing the print? אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר (פְרָיֶר) listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! A more accurate translation of the phrase אֲנִי לֹא פְרָאיֶיר listen and repeat is I’m no sucker, but the word sucker has fallen out of favor, having become somewhat foreign to English speakers in its meaning of someone naive, who easily…
having trouble seeing the print? פִּתּוּי listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… REGISTER NOW! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world tells the story of Joseph, who is sold by his brothers and eventually is given a job as caretaker in the home of a minister of Egypt……
having trouble seeing the print? פָּרָה listen and repeat Ancient Israel was the nexus of its world, the crossroads of trade routes running from Assyria in the north to Egypt in the south… and from India in the East to Mauretania (ancient Morocco) in the west. A popular mode of long-term transportation…