This week’s word is, clock/watch, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced shah-ohn. You can use it in sentences such as the following: Do you have a wrist watch? Transliterated this reads: Yesh l’chah (m.) shah-ohn yad?
And, My watch doesn’t work, what time is it? Transliterated this reads: Ha-shah-ohn sheh-lee lo oh-vaid, mah ha-sha-ah?
And, Did [...]
This week’s word is, yellow, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced tsa-hove. You can use it in sentences such as the following: He gave her yellow flowers. Transliterated this reads: Hu na-tan la p’ra-chim tsa-hov-im. And, Do you (pl. masculine) have a yellow pencil? Transliterated this reads: yesh la-chem ee-pah-rone tsa-hove? And, You [...]
This week’s word is bus, or, in Hebrew, Pronounced auto-boose. You can use it in sentences such as the following: Where is the bus stop/station? Transliterated this reads: Aye-pho ta-chah-nat ha-auto-boose? And How much is it to ride the bus? Transliterated this reads: Kah-ma zeh oh-leh leen’soh-ah ba-auto-boose? [...]
This week’s word is moon, or, in Hebrew,
Pronounced yah-ray-ach.
You can use it in sentences such as the following:
Did you (male/female) see the moon last weekend?
Transliterated this reads: Rah-eeta (male)/Rah-eet (female) et ha-yah-ray-ach b’sof ha-shah-vuah she-avar?
And
The moon was very bright.
Transliterated this reads: Ha-yah-ray-ach ha-yah meh-ode moo-eh-ret.
And
The moon also looked bigger.
Transliterated this reads: Gam ha-ya-ray-ach neer-eh [...]
As mentioned last week, at the beginning of every week we will post an entry that highlights a word selected by our followers on Twitter. This week’s word is
Pronounced eh-nehr-gi-a, it is known as “energy” in English.
You can use it in sentences such as the following:
We hope you have enough energy to get through the [...]
In recent days our HebrewWordADay account on Twitter has received a significant increase in followers. The purpose of the account is to provide the growing community of regular Twitter users with the opportunity to learn Hebrew words in a simple manner. While it is quick and sufficient to see just the word in English, transliterated [...]
Several people have mentioned to me that they thought Hebrew was a dead language. Aside from them, this seems to be a popular misconception in general. A hundred years ago that may have been the case, but as there are several million people in the world who currently speak the modern, revived version of it, [...]
I received an email a few days ago from friends of mine in Jerusalem recounting an event that happened to them when they were preparing for dinner on Friday night. One of the guests they invited for the meal was helping them prepare something when she cut her finger on a knife. The cut was [...]
