September 12, 2021

8 of the Sweetest Words in Hebrew

The Hebrew root מ.ת.ק is the sweetest there is – it means sweet, and it appears in the bunch of delightful words and expressions you’ll find below. 1. מָתוֹק, מְתוּקָה – sweet The basic adjective for sweet is מתוק for something grammatically masculine and מתוקה for something feminine.  For example:

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how to say “according to” in Hebrew

לְפִי Hebrew’s most commonly-used way of saying according to is לפי. For example: לפי מה שמופיע על השלט, מותר לחנות פה. According to what appears (written) on the sign, (we’re) allowed to park here. לפי – appearing as early as in the Torah itself – is a shortened version of the

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