תְּקוּפָה קָשָׁה The Hebrew word for hard or difficult is קשֶה for something grammatically masculine and קשָה for something feminine. For example: קשה לדעת אם

בְּיַחַד נְנַצֵּחַ One of the morale-boosting slogans of this war (featured in our video of messages from our teachers and staff) has been יחד ננצח

לַחַן The Hebrew word for music – מוזיקה – comes from the same source as the English word – μουσική (mousikḗ, in Ancient Greek). Biblical

מִילִּים Today Israelis typically use the word דבר to mean “thing” (as in דברים יפים לראות – Beautiful Things to See), but its original biblical

הָעוֹרֶף While neck in Hebrew is צוואר (collar is צווארון ), the back of a neck – a nape – is עורף. עורף gives us

קַו הַחֲזִית A line, in Hebrew, is קו, as in קו החוף – coast line , and: איזה קו אוטובוס מגיע לרחוב אלנבי? What bus

זַמָּר If you’ve been to a synagogue on a Friday night, you’ve probably heard the word מזמור . This refers to a poem or song

נִלְחָמִים עַל הַבַּיִת While war is מלחמה , to fight is להילחם, a נפעל verb. In context: אנחנו נלחמים על הבית. We are fighting for

הִשְׁתַּקְּפוּת The root ש.ק.פ has to do with visibility. In Biblical Hebrew it means visible or translucent (light goes through it), though in Modern Hebrew

יָרֵחַ מָלֵא Hebrew has two words for moon – ירח and לבנה (white one). A third word, סהר , refers to a crescent moon. How