having trouble seeing the print? מֶדַלְיָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Whereas metal is a substance, a medal is an award. The Hebrew word for metal is מַתֶּכֶת (mah-TEH-khet), explained in yesterday’s posting. מתכת comes from an authentic Hebrew root. But the Hebrew word…
having trouble seeing the print? מַתֶּכֶת Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The Hebrew word for metal – such as iron, gold and aluminum – is מַתֶּכֶת (mah-TEH-khet). It stems from the root נ.ת.כ (n.t.kh), meaning pouring or melting – since most forms…
having trouble seeing the print? לְלַמֵּד לֶקַח Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The Torah portion to be read this Shabbat by Jews around the world opens the book of דְּבָרִים – Deuteronomy, or literally, words (deh-vah-REEM), where words in this context refer…
having trouble seeing the print? אִמּוּן אִישִׁי Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! In recent decades the helping professions received a new, now-popular member that arrived from the business world: life coaching. The Hebrew expression for this practice that helps people…
having trouble seeing the print? דְּאָגָה Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! If you’ve taken our Level 3 course, you know the phrases, אַל תִּדְאָג – don’t worry (ahl teed-AHG) in the masculine, and אַל תִּדְאָגִי (ahl teed-ah-GHEE) in the feminine. לִדְאוֹג, the active-simple פָּעַל…
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having trouble seeing the print? לְחַיֵּךְ Discount Deadline tomorrow to register for our Level 2 class in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv! On the Jewish calendar, this is the week leading up to the saddest day of the year, תִּשְׁעָה בְּאָב – the ninth of (the month of) Av (teesh-AH beh-AHV), the anniversary of the Great Temple’s…
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having trouble seeing the print? מְתַקְתַּק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! Yesterday’s entry introduced the Hebrew word for to tick – לְתַקְתֵּק (leh-tahk-TEK), whose present-tense (active participle) masculine-singular form is מְתַקְתֵּק (meh-tahk-TEK). Though yesterday’s word sounds a lot like today’s, the two…
having trouble seeing the print? לְתַקְתֵּק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The other day I introduced the Hebrew word לִדְפוֹק – to knock (leed-FOHK), which also means, in non-literal sense to move along smoothly. The Hebrew word that means to tick is לְתַקְתֵּק (leh-tahk-TEK), an…
having trouble seeing the print? דֹּפֶק Never experienced Ulpan La-Inyan? We’re offering free demo classes throughout the summer. Sign up for yours now! The word introduced yesterday, לִדְפוֹק – to knock – (leed-FOHK), has a quasi-literal meaning of to beat, as in heartbeat. It follows, then, that the word for pulse would be related: דֹּפֶק (DOH-fek)….