מִן, מִ-, מֵ- listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The word מִן listen and repeat means from. You’ll find it in Biblical Hebrew, in Rabbinic writings and in literary contexts of Modern Hebrew. You’re more likely, however, to encounter the abbreviated, prefix versions: -ִמ listen and repeat in most contexts and -מֵ listen and…
עַבְדּוּת listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? לַעֲבוֹד listen and repeat means to work. But whereas an עוֹבֵד listen and repeat is a (male) worker or an employee, an עֶבֶד listen and repeat is a (male) slave. The feminine versions of these are employee–עוֹבֶדֶת listen and repeat and slave/maidservant–אָמָה listen and repeat. And slavery is עַבְדּוּת listen and repeat. For example: …
לְהוֹצִיא listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? We saw yesterday that לָצֵאת listen and repeat means to go out or to leave. Using the same root (י.צ.א – y.ts.a), Hebrew creates another term – to take out: לְהוֹצִיא listen and repeat, in the active-causative verb form. For Biblical example: הוֹצִיאוּ אֶת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ…
לָצֵאת, לַעֲזוֹב listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? Also featured in our Passover video is one of the Hebrew terms for to leave: לָצֵאת listen and repeat. לצאת – an active-simple verb of the root י.צ.א (y.ts.a) – means literally to go out or to exit, so that יְצִיאַת מִצְרַיִם listen and repeat is the exiting of Egypt or the Exodus. Here are a couple of colloquial usages of לצאת: …
יְלָדִים, בָּנִים listen and repeat 1 – ילדים, ילדות The Hebrew words for boy and girl are יֶלֶד listen and repeat and יַלְדָה listen and repeat, respectively. Likewise, a group of boys and girls – children* – are יְלָדִים listen and repeat. For example: כַּמָּה יְלָדִים יֵשׁ לָהּ? How many children does she have? listen Strictly speaking, יְלָדוֹת listen…
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
The links are now corrected in the online version of yesterday’s Dose of Hebrew, which you can find here. I apologize for the inconvenience. Keep learning and enjoying! אִבְחוּן listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? In Biblical times, diagnosis was done not by medical professionals (these did not exist), but…
מִבְחָן, בְּחִינָה listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? English has two words for that event that fills students with anticipation or dread – test and exam. Hebrew does too. מִבְחָן listen and repeat and בְּחִינָה listen and repeat, both of the root ב.ח.נ (b.kh.n), are more or less synonymous. They do have subtle…
אַתָּה נִרְאֶה חִוֵּר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? The Hebrew word for pale is חִוֵּר listen and repeat when referring to a male, and חִוֶּרֶת listen and repeat when referring to a female. But when used as an adverb, חיור is the right word for both males and females. For example: אַתְּ נִרְאֵית…
לְסַפֵּר סִפּוּר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? פֶּסַח listen and repeat – Passover – is coming up, the holiday when Jews tell over the story of the Exodus. But whereas in Biblical and Mishnaic Hebrew, to tell something over is לְהַגִּיד listen and repeat (hence the הַגָּדָה שֶׁל פֶּסַח listen and repeat – the Passover Haggadah or the…
מַהֵר, מָהִיר listen and repeat Can’t read Hebrew yet? If you’ve got some basic Hebrew down, you likely know the word for fast or quickly – מַהֵר listen and repeat, for example: הַמְּכוֹנִית נוֹסַעַת מַהֵר. The car drives (travels) fast. listen Now, that’s fast as an adverb, describing an action such as the driving or…