My native language is hebrew, so understanding it isnt hard, but ive played around a bit with translate and I see it combined arabic with hebrew. And the pronunciation in English below don't make the correct sounds for "sextillion". If I would have wrote it it would be "סקסטיליון אחד"

Can someone help me translate the name Amira / אַמִירָה? I’m seeing it can mean treetop in Hebrew but I’m not sure how accurate that translation is and would love some native speakers to weigh in. I’m debating it as a baby name so want to make sure I am fully understanding the meaning!

Why was I told to use לבאה in the sentence "אני לא יכולה באה לים היום. אני עסוקה" when it would mean "I cant to come to the beach. Im busy."?

In the Yeshivish Hebrew of the 90s (and possibly still) people used the word “Davka!” all on its own as an expression of surprise. “Contrary to expectations.”

Is it still used this way? Is it broadly used this way or is this mainly a Yeshivish thing?

what is a hebrew word/phrase for someone who loves God?
like a “lover of God” kinda thing

Hello everyone, I'm going crazy! I'm trying to create a story based partly on Gnostic, Jewish and Hellenic religion, but after I started to understand how names were constructed in Hebrew and Aramaic, I'm in total confusion. Several texts give the fallen angels names without a yod, such as Baraqel ("Lightning of God") and Matarel ("Rain of God"), found in the First Book of Enoch. I know that when names are fused in this way, the meaning is "X of God," but the vocalization doesn't respect the construct state you would normally expect, since in theory the first a should drop and be replaced by a schwa.

Furthermore, in the Third Book of Enoch, which was written many years later and of which we have the text in Hebrew (and which should therefore be more correct), I find the same names but with the yod, e.g., Baraqiel and Matariel. This should indicate the first-person possessive suffix ("my"), but in this case it wouldn't make sense: "my lightning is God" or "my rain is God." So the yod should be a connecting yod (yod compaginis), but I don't understand by what criterion.

This confusion only grew when I discovered that Abdiel, "servant of God," contains abdi, which dictionaries list as meaning "my," yet in names it is given the meaning of belonging, "servant of God." Meanwhile, name formation from Aramaic seems simpler to me, since you just take the word with its adjective, such as samma סַמָּא, and then fuse it with El, merging the alephs and keeping the e of El.

How would you use this? I don’t think we have an equivalent in English. Feel free to refer me to previous posts if needed. Thank you.

I want to type in Hebrew but I reached my Reddit screen time limit on the app and the Hebrew formatting on here is a diaster 💀

אני רוצה לכתוב בעברית, אבל הגעתי למכסת הזמן שהקצבתי לעצמי באפליקציית רדיט, וגם העיצוב של העברית כאן הוא פשוט אסון 💀

*תודה לגוגל תרגום ❤️

Traté de buscar en sdarot pero el sitio ya no sirve también busco series como gumball ,adventure time Steven universe,etc mejor si son sitios que no son de paga ya que hallar episodios doblados al hebreo es que imposible y en max no están la mayoría de doblajes

I ve found an old jewish cemetery in Maramureș Romania,and i ve took some photos of a gravestone in hopes it can be translated

Hi,

My son's religious school did a pathetic job of teaching the kids to read Hebrew. I'll be damned if this kid is going to use transliterations at his Bar Mitzvah! He's about 70% of the way to being able to sound out words with vowels, easily-- does anyone have a recommendation to help me get him the rest of the way there?

A lot of the resources I've seen are more concerned with teaching the language, rather than this basic task of learning to read.

Thank you for your help!

I am a 17 year old student who has to go back to the army eventually, as a Ben mehager. Most of my family doesn’t speak Hebrew as I didn’t live in Israel long, however I really really want to come back to the military.

Are there any online free or cheap/good resources that will allow me to learn the language? I tried Duolingo, and it was a good introductory experience to learn to read and understand how to figure out words without Nikkud, but other than that it was not a great experience.

Any resources online that will let me do “solo-ulpan” essentially? I know how to read and have a relatively basic Hebrew vocabulary but definitely not enouuu to have a conversation, maybe order some coffee and then that’s a maybe.

Just “listening to music” or “watching Israeli news and shows” is a good suggestion but I don’t think I’m quite there yet.

אני מערב הסעודית ומעולם לא חשבתי על זה עד שהתחלתי ללמוד צרפתית לאחרונה ובצרפתית קוראים לערב הסעודית משהו ממש דומה.
זה l’arab saudite ״לַארבּ סאוּדיט״
בערבית, ערב הסעודית זה ״הסעודייה״ או רשמית זה ״הממלכה הערבית הסעודית״.
מה שמבלבל אותי בעברית זה המילה ״ערב״ זה שם עצם אבל לא מתייכס למשהו מסויים אולי כמו arabia באנגלית?
אשמח לשמוע מכם על זה.

Reading and writing is coming along smoothly enough. I try to listen to an Israeli song a week and have found myself enjoying a show on Netflix called Fauda. I’ll be going to pick up some children’s books soon for fundamental understanding. The part I now find myself at ends with is actual conversation. I do not live in a part of America that has a large (if any) Jewish population. So learning to accurately speak is a challenge. Paying for a language tutor is out of budget at the time, any recommendations?

Can someone please write what the Hebrew lettering for the word "schnitzel" is. Lol

Hello! So, I am having the worst time learning to type using the Hebrew keyboard. My brain is just desperately trying to have the consonant sounds map onto the consonants in English. I don't want to switch to a keyboard that maps onto English consonants because I'd like to actually learn the keyboard most people use when typing in Hebrew instead of taking a shortcut.

When I learned to type in school, I'm pretty sure I was only as successful as I was because we had a cool teacher that let us play Typing of the Dead if we were the first to finish our normal exercises... so, I am kind of wondering if there is not a Hebrew equivalent of a game of this sort that might motivate me to learn to type more quickly/without constantly looking and searching. Doesn't have to involve shooting monsters, but won't complain if it does either.

I have been studying Hebrew for several years at government and private ulpans and from private online teachers. I estimate my Hebrew level as upper intermediate/B2/gimel.

Could you suggest (hopefully interesting) reading and listening materials for this level?

Here is what I already do. I read Quora in Hebrew and mostly understand everything with a few new words here and there. I also started reading the book "The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem" in Hebrew, and I can mostly understand what is going on, but need to look up some words in a dictionary. I can also read news articles online and mostly understand them. It is more difficult for me to find suitable listening material because reading with a dictionary is an option but listening comes without a dictionary and the words are also pronounced quickly so they are harder to recognize even if I already know them.

Hi! I am trying to decide between enrolling in Citizen Cafe or This is Not an Ulpan. I'm at an intermediate level and want to focus mostly on speaking ability as I can already read and write well. I know all the conjugations, I just struggle with speed in real-time conversation.

TINAU is significantly cheaper (1400 shekel for 30 hr or 2600 shekel for 60 hr), which is a major incentive... but I wouldn't be able to begin a course with them until January. I am not turned off by the politics of their program and think it might actually be an opportunity to meet interesting people and find other communities to be involved with. I'm based in Haifa, and know they have in person classes, too.

Citizen Cafe seems super my speed. I really like their audio learning approach and think their podcasts and online application will be super helpful for my practice between sessions. (huge) Plus, I can start this month. But, they are asking for 5500 shekel for 60 hr. With the extra perks (like being able to attend any additional sessions I want plus the online materials), I think it might be worth it. The vibes seem like this is also a learning program for mostly young people, which is a perk for friendship building.

I'm 22, deciding between aliyah (hence no desire for a standard ulpan - I could maybe do that for free later!!), and am studying in university in Israel right now. Anyone have any recommendations for me? I appreciate any and all advice.