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הֶרְגֵּל
Imagine having to think about the right and left, up and down motions necessary to make every time you brush your teeth, or having to think about how to move the steering wheel in your car every time you wish to make a left turn. Habits save us a lot of mental energy.
The Hebrew word for habit is הֶרְגֵּל
listen and repeat. Its root is ר.ג.ל (r.g.l), meaning leg or foot – which is also the root for רָגִיל listen and repeat, regular. A habit is something we do in a regular fashion, without thinking. He’s used to it, in Hebrew, is הוּא רָגִיל לְזֶה listen and repeat.
listen and repeat. Its root is ר.ג.ל (r.g.l), meaning leg or foot – which is also the root for רָגִיל listen and repeat, regular. A habit is something we do in a regular fashion, without thinking. He’s used to it, in Hebrew, is הוּא רָגִיל לְזֶה listen and repeat.
For example, Stephen Covey’s book Seven Habits of Highly Effective People is translated into Hebrew as:
שִׁבְעַת הַהֶרְגֵּלִים שֶׁל אֲנָשִׁים אֶפֶקְטִיבִיִים בִּמְיֻחַד.
For another example of the word הרגל in action, check out Arik Einstein’s song about loving being home – אוֹהֵב לִהְיוֹת בַּבַּיִת listen and repeat.
listen and repeat.
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