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having trouble seeing the print? קְרֹא וּכְתֹב Time to learn Hebrew? We offer an unparalleled learning experience. Check out our fall classes offered throughout Israel and online, as well as the deadlines by which you can save money. The literal way of saying reading and writing uses the abstract-noun forms, קְרִיאָה וּכְתִיבָה (keh-ree-AH…
having trouble seeing the print? חֲזָרָה לְבֵית הַסֵּפֶר In English, we have to come back and to return. Both phrases describe the same situation, but while the former describes a day-to-day return, the latter describes a more dramatic one. Likewise in Hebrew, there are two words that mean to return to a place: לַחְזוֹר (lahkh-ZOHR) and…
having trouble seeing the print? גְּבוּל register for fall classes with Ulpan La-Inyan! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world falls smack in the middle of the fifth of Five Books of Moses, סֵפֶר דְּבָרִים (SEH-fehr deh-vah-REEM) – The Book of Deuteronomy, or literally, The Book of Words. ספר דברים and…
having trouble seeing the print? נְטוּל קָפֶאִין register for fall classes with Ulpan La-Inyan The basic Hebrew word for to take is לָקַחַת (lah-KAH-khaht), an active-simple פָּעַל verb. Another more elegant word for to take is לִנְטוֹל (leen-TOHL) or לִטּוֹל (lee-TOHL) of the root נ.ט.ל (n.t.l), also a פָּעַל verb. But as happens with more elegant words, this…
having trouble seeing the print? בִּלְעָדִי Oftentimes the developers of Modern Hebrew are faced with the challenge of creating a new word for a concept that didn’t quite exist in Biblical and Mishnaic times. One such concept is exclusivity. As presented in yesterday’s entry, one of the Hebrew words meaning without is בִּלְעָדַי (beel-ah-DAH-ee), used…
having trouble seeing the print? בְּלִי, בִּלְעֲדֵי, לְלֹא extra large discount ENDS TODAY! Last chance – SIGN UP NOW! While the common Hebrew preposition for with is עִם (eem), the one for without is בְּלִי (beh-LEE). But just like עם doesn’t get declined with suffixes to mean with me, with us, etc, and we use אֶת (et) instead,…
having trouble seeing the print? עִם, אֶת extra large discount ENDS TOMORROW – AUGUST 20 SIGN UP NOW! עִם (eem) is the very common Hebrew preposition meaning with. But perhaps you’ve found it strange that when the word is declined, the letters ע (a) and מ (m) disappear, and instead we get: with me –…
אֲסִיר תּוֹדָה The night after I fell off my bike, I woke up at 4am with pain that prompted me to get in a cab and head to the טֶרֶם (TEH-rem) urgent care center. They gave me a גֶּבֶס – cast (GHEH-ves) – because it wasn’t yet clear whether my scaphoid bone was broken or sprained. That…
having trouble seeing the print? גבס Extra large discount on Fall 2012 Courses through August 20 SIGN UP NOW! A few hours after I wrote yesterday’s post about injuries, I fell off my bike and eventually received a cast on my arm. The Hebrew word for cast is גֶּבֶס (GHEH-ves). I am limited in my…
having trouble seeing the print? לְהִפָּגַע, לְהִפָּצַע Extra large discount on Fall 2012 Courses through August 20 SIGN UP NOW! The Hebrew word לְהִפָּצַע (leh-hee-pah-TSAH) means to get hurt in the physical sense. Likewise, a פְּצִיעָה (peh-tsee-AH) or a פֶּצַע (PEH-tsah) is a physical wound. For example, you might hear a girl on a playground say: !קִבַּלְתִּי פֶּצַע…
having trouble seeing the print? נִסּוּי Extra discount on Fall 2012 Coursesthrough August 14 SIGN UP NOW! You may know the Hebrew word (an active-intensive פִּעֵל verb) for to try – לְנַסּוֹת (leh-nah-SOHT). This is to try both in the sense of to attempt and in the sense of to test and see whether something will work. The Torah portion…