קוֹצָנִי A thorn is קוץ, while thorns are קוצים. For example: קשה ללכת בשביל הזה – יש בו הרבה קוצים. It’s hard to walk on

קָהָל שָׁבוּי In Biblical times קהל meant congregation. Today it also means audience, as in קהל יעד – target audience. What about a captive audience?

לִחְיוֹת עַל הַקָּצֶה An edge, in Hebrew, is קצה, as in האור בקצה המנהרה – the light at the end (edge) of the tunnel. קצה

רִיב, מְרִיבָה To fight, in Hebrew, is the simple verb לריב. For example: ילדים, למה אתם רבים? Kids, why are you fighting? Likewise, a fight

סַרְקַסְטִי, צִינִי, עוֹקְצָנִי Sarcasm can range from benign to hurtful. For that spectrum Hebrew has several words. 1.  There’s the borrowed term from English –

לֶאֱסוֹף מִישֶׁהוּ When we “pick up” a person from somewhere, we’re not actually lifting them in our arms – most of the time anyway. Rather,

הַנָּחָה To rest, in Hebrew, is the simple verb לנוח.  To place something down – to cause it to rest – is the הפעיל verb

עִנְיָין שֶׁל חַיִּים וָמָוֶת Back in 2008, I named my Hebrew school Ulpan La-Inyan – אולפן לעניין. While אולפן today refers to Hebrew-language school (also