עִידוּד The Hebrew word for “to encourage” – לעודד – goes all the way back to biblical times. Here’s a modern usage: הם עודדו אותי

לַהַב While a sword in Hebrew is חרב , its blade is called להב : לסכין הזה יש להב חד מאוד This knife has a

הַחַיִּים מַמְשִׁיכִים The Hebrew word for life is חיים, as in !לחיים – to life! and מציל חיים – life saving . To continue, in Hebrew,

בַּחוּץ How do you say “outside” in Hebrew? Depends on the context. If you’re referring to someone or something’s position, it’s בחוץ – literally, in

בְּיַחַד The Hebrew word for together is ביחד, as in: ביחד ננצח. Together we will win. The root of ביחד is י.ח.ד. It resembles the

נָפוֹץ The Hebrew word for Diaspora is תפוצה . Why? Because the root פ.ו.צ has to do with disseminating, dispersing, and when a nation is

מַעֲשֵׂה גְּבוּרָה The word מעשה means act. You may recognize it from Yiddish lore where this originally-Hebrew word means story, as in מעשה שהיה –

מַעֲרָכָה צְבָאִית The basic Hebrew word for war is מלחמה, but another word you’ll hear a lot in the news these days is מערכה –