having trouble seeing the print? שָׁלִיחַ listen and repeat Conversational Hebrew Starting Soon… Also in Modiin! REGISTER NOW! For those of you who have been to Chabad houses in various parts of the world, or have contacted the Jewish Agency or Nefesh B’Nefesh about making aliyah, the word שָׁלִיחַ listen and repeat – emissary – may ring a bell. …
having trouble seeing the print? עָצוּב, עֲצוּבָה listen and repeat The Hebrew word for sad is עצוב listen and repeat in the masculine and עצובה listen and repeat in the feminine. For example: כְּשֶׁאֲנִי קוֹרֵא עַל טַיְפוּן הַייאֶן, אֲנִי מַרְגִּישׁ עָצוּב. As I read about Typhoon Haiyan, I feel sad. listen עצוב comes from…
having trouble seeing the print? מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Register Now! The Biblical Jacob crossed the Jordan River with his family and belongings, just as today people cross that river between the countries Israel and Jordan. The Hebrew term for border crossing is מַעֲבַר גְּבוּל listen and repeat. A מַעֲבָר listen…
having trouble seeing the print? וָרֹד, וְרֻדָּה listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! See review material at the end of today’s dose! In the Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world, Jacob has a vision of עַתֻּדִים… וּבְרֻדִּים listen – billy goats… (and) speckled….
וֶרֶד, שׁוֹשַׁנָּה Modern Hebrew has two words for rose: וֶרֶד and שׁוֹשַנָּה. Both are also names given to Israeli baby girls (שושנה is the original Hebrew for the English name Susanna), though not as often today as in previous generations. While ורד first appears in the later Mishnaic Hebrew, שושנה first appears in Biblical Hebrew…
having trouble seeing the print? פְּגִישָׁה, מִפְגָּשׁ, אָסֵפָה, יְשִׁיבָה listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! As you can tell from the title, there are many words in Hebrew for meeting. Here’s a digest for you. פגישה The most common word for meeting is פְּגִישָׁה listen and repeat. It comes from…
having trouble seeing the print? תַּקָּלָה טֶכְנִית listen and repeat Those of you receiving Your Daily Dose of Hebrew via email may have been disappointed over the past few days, since no emails have gone out. If you’re receiving this one, the problem has been solved. Here’s how to say glitch…
having trouble seeing the print? מְסֻיָּם, נְקֻדָּתִי, סְפֶּצִיפִי listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! The English word specific has a few synonyms: particular, precise, exact, etc. Likewise, Hebrew has more than one word for different situations. The most commonly-used one is transliterated from English: סְפֶּצִיפִי listen and repeat. For example: …
having trouble seeing the print? יְצִיאַת חֵרוּם listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! The Hebrew word for emergency is חֵרוּם listen and repeat, as discussed here. An exit is a יְצִיאָה listen and repeat, coming from the active-simple verb לָצֵאת listen and repeat – to go out – whose root is י.צ.א (y.ts.a). …
having trouble seeing the print? עֲדָשׁוֹת, עֲדָשִׁים listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! See review material at the end of today’s dose… and TEST YOURSELF! The Hebrew words for lens and lentil are the same – עֲדָשָׁה listen and repeat. That’s because when the makers of Modern Hebrew were thinking about what…
having trouble seeing the print? נִתּוּחַ listen and repeat Mid-Fall Hebrew Courses Starting Soon! Register Now! Surgery, as in a surgical operation, is נִתּוּחַ listen and repeat – whereas surgery in the abstract sense, is כִירוּרְגִּיָה listen and repeat – chirurgy transliterated. So, we have: הִיא עָבְרָה נִתּוּחַ. She underwent surgery. listen and הוּא לָמַד…