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having trouble seeing the print? לָצוּם listen and repeat Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us Today, many Jews the world over are fasting in observance of תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב ( listen and repeat)– the Ninth of Av (here’s an article with information about the day). The Hebrew word for to fast is לָצוּם ( listen and repeat), an active-simple פָּעַל verb of the…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּשָׁרָה listen and repeat Learn to Speak Hebrew…With Us An important tool for conflict resolution is compromise. The Hebrew word for a compromise is פְּשָׁרָה ( listen and repeat), while to compromise is the reflexive-intensive הִתְפַּעֵל verb, לְהִתְפַּשֵּׁר ( listen and repeat). (To compromise in the sense of compromising safety is לְסַכֵּן ( listen and repeat) – also to endanger.)…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהַסְכִּים listen and repeat Learn to Speak Hebrew… With Us They say that the second Temple in Jerusalem was destroyed as a result of senseless hatred. Somehow, these days marking the anniversary of that and other Jewish calamities has a way of getting people in Israel quite edgy. …
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having trouble seeing the print? אָמָּנִיּוֹת לְחִימָה listen and repeat highly recommended reference for further vocabulary growth The English word martial has to do with war and battle, as in the terms martial law and martial arts. The Hebrew term for martial arts is אָמָּנִיּוֹת לְחִימָה ( listen and repeat). אמניות ( listen and repeat) is the plural form…
having trouble seeing the print? לְאַיֵּשׁ listen and repeat highly recommended reference for further vocabulary growth If you read the title of this post and didn’t quite understand what I’m getting it, you’re probably not the only one. The word לְאַיֵּשׁ ( listen and repeat) doesn’t really have a direct translation into English. The best I could come up with…
having trouble seeing the print? לַעֲבוֹר דִּירָה listen and repeat In English, we talk about moving residence from one place to another. The Hebrew word for residence is דִּירָה ( listen and repeat) – which is also the word for apartment or flat. But to move is literally, לָזוּז ( listen and repeat), and that’s not what we say in Hebrew. …
having trouble seeing the print? גּוֹרָל, יִעוּד this week’s video dose of Hebrew by Ami Steinberger Founder and Director, Ulpan La-Inyan Enjoying Your Daily Dose of Hebrew? Consider making a donation!
having trouble seeing the print? חִלּוֹנִי, חִלּוֹנִית listen and repeat highly recommended reference for further vocabulary growth In yesterday’s dose of Hebrew, we saw the root for profane or not sacred is ח.ל.ל (kh.l.l). This is the root of the Modern-Hebrew term referring to someone or something secular or non-religious – חִלּוֹנִי ( listen and repeat) in the masculine and חִלּוֹנִית ( listen and repeat) in the…
having trouble seeing the print? חוֹל listen and repeat Last week, I wrote a post on the Hebrew term for mermaid and how that relates to the name of the Israeli coastal town, בַּת יָם ( listen and repeat) – Bat Yam. Here’s a post about sand, which inspired the name for Bat Yam’s next-door neighbor town, חוֹלוֹן ( listen and…
having trouble seeing the print? שָׁנוּן, שְׁנוּנָה listen and repeat highly recommended for further vocabulary growth If you’re familiar with Jewish prayer in its original Hebrew, you probably know the phrase וְשִׁנַּנְתָּם לְבָנֶיךָ ( listen and repeat) – and you shall teach them to your children. The root of ושננתם ( listen and repeat) is שׁ.נ.נ (sh.n.n) meaning learning by…