הָרוּחַ הַיִּשְׂרְאֵלִית While נפש means soul in the general sense, spirit has two words in Hebrew: נשמה and רוח. נשמה, which in religious terms refers

קוּבִּיַּית קֶרַח The Hebrew word for cube is קובייה . The English and Hebrew sound alike because both words come from Ancient Greek κυβεια (kubeia).

מַלְבֵּן The Hebrew word for brick is לבנה , while bricks are לבנים , as in the biblical verse: וימררו את חייהם בעבודה קשה, בחומר

אַחַת וּלְתָמִיד This expression isn’t something fancy or holy hailing from Biblical Hebrew (though the words themselves do). Rather, this is an almost-literal translation of

מִתְנַדֵּב, מִתְנַדֶּבֶת Perhaps you know someone named נדב – Nadav. It’s a common name for boys in Israel. נדב forms a three-letter root meaning generosity

עִיגּוּל Something round is עגול , as in: אני לא צריך משהו מדויק – תן לי מספר עגול. I (a male) don’t need something exact

תּוּשִׁיָּה I translated תושיה as ingenuity for the title of this post, and that is one of its meanings in both Biblical and Modern Hebrew.

רִיבּוּעַ While מרובע refers to any shape with four sides and four angles (a quadrilateral), ריבוע refers to a perfect square. For example: הם קנו

מֶתַח The Hebrew word for tension is the same as that for suspense (a kind of tension) – מתח. For example: אפשר להרגיש את המתח

מְשׁוּלָּשׁ If we break down the English word triangle, we see “tri” meaning three, and “angle”. Similarly, Hebrew’s משולש comes from the word שלוש meaning