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הֲפָקָה listen to this word pronounced Yesterday around the Shabbat table at the absorption center in Beit Alpha, someone asked me whether as a child I dreamed of teaching Hebrew and running an ulpan. I replied that I actually dreamed of becoming a film director. As a kid, I used to…
חֻקָּה listen to this word pronounced In honor the 4th of July (come celebrate it this Monday with AACI in Jerusalem!)… and this week’s Torah portion It took eleven years for the United States to ratify a constitution that would represent “the people.” Israel, after 63 years, has yet to ratify…
מְמֻשְׁקָף listen to this word pronounced I bet you weren’t expecting this one. To ease your mind, the word for bespectacled in Hebrew is much more en vogue than its English counterpart. You may know the Hebrew word for glasses or spectacles – מִשְׁקָפַיִם (meesh-kah-FAH-yeem). To put on glasses is לְהַרְכִּיב משקפים – literally,…
מְמֻשְׁקָף listen to this word pronounced I bet you weren’t expecting this one. To ease your mind, the word for bespectacled in Hebrew is much more en vogue than its English counterpart. You may know the Hebrew word for glasses or spectacles – מִשְׁקָפַיִם (meesh-kah-FAH-yeem). To put on glasses is לְהַרְכִּיב משקפים – literally,…
רֶשֶׁת listen to this word pronounced רֶשֶׁת (REH-shet) in Biblical Hebrew means net. If you’ve been receiving your daily dose of Hebrew since March of 2010, perhaps you remember that entry. Today the word רשת is also used to refer a chain of establishments, such as רֶשֶׁת מַחְסָנֵי חַשְׁמַל, Chain of…
לוֹעֲזִית listen to this word pronounced Yesterday I introduced the Hebrew term for foreign language – שָׂפָה זָרָה (sah-FAH zah-RAH). Today I’m going to introduce a caveat to that entry. When describing something written in a foreign language, Israelis are less likely to say זֶה כָּתוּב בְּשָׂפָה זָרָה –…
שָׂפָה זָרָה listen to this phrase pronounced זָר (zahr) is the Hebrew core word for strange. The word you may know that means odd or weird – מוּזָר (moo-ZAHR) – comes from the same root. A foreign language – a strange language – is a שָׂפָה זָרָה. At Ulpan La-Inyan we work to make Hebrew…
Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by Yom Tov I’ve seen his amazing art at Hechal Shlomo and even acquired a piece myself. Check out Yom Tov’s virtual gallery, and visit his Kohelet exhibition in Jerusalem. It’s open throughout the summer. גָּמוּר, גְּמוּרָה listen to these words pronounced אֲנִי גָּמוּר – I’m exhausted, or…
Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by… Check it out! לְהִתְנַשֵּׂא You may be familiar with this word from the קַדִּיש – Kaddish prayer (kah-DEESH). In that context, it means to rise up and refers to the exalting of G-d’s name. That’s לְהִתְנַשֵּׂא (leh-heet-nah-SEH) with its positive connotation. The negative connotation…
Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by Yom Tov I’ve seen his amazing art at Hechal Shlomo and even acquired a piece myself. Check out Yom Tov’s virtual gallery, and visit his Kohelet exhibition in Jerusalem. It’s open throughout the summer. תְּמִימוּת listen to this word pronounced In Biblical Hebrew, a שֶׂה תָּמִים (seh tah-MEEM) is a…
שִׂיא listen to this word pronounced Today’s dose of Hebrew is sponsored by Yom Tov I’ve seen his amazing art at Hechal Shlomo and even acquired a piece myself. Check out Yom Tov’s virtual gallery, and visit his Kohelet exhibition in Jerusalem. It’s open throughout the summer. I happen to like warm weather…