#hebrew basics

[rotzaprachim]

I hope everyone whose been running their mouth about rebuilding diasporic Jewish culture and evil Zionist Hebrew destroying Yiddish, ladino, and judeo-Arabic knows that even the most mild limitations on contact with Israeli academia/study abroad programs/flow information would be a disaster for an already struggling field with extreme financial constraints and a very very limited time frame to record native speakers (who for every diasporic language apart from Yiddish almost entirely live in Israel or have language institutions based in the state of Israel), develop curricula, and stabilize/retransmit the language

[meregrin]

The Etymology of Käärijä & His Crew

JERE MIKAEL PÖYHÖNEN

JERE /ˈje.re/

Derived from the Hebrew name Yirmeyahu, meaning "Yahweh will exalt”.

MIKAEL /ˈmi.kɑ.el/

Derived from the Hebrew name Mikha’el, meaning ”who is like God?”.

PÖYHÖNEN /ˈpøy̯.hø.nen/

Possibly derived from the Finnish word pöyheä, meaning ”fluffy” or ”airy”.

ALEKSI NURMI

ALEKSI /ˈɑ.lek.si/

Derived from the Greek name Alexis, meaning "helper" or ”defender”.

NURMI /ˈnur.mi/

A Finnish word meaning ”grass” or "lawn".

JUKKA SORSA

JUKKA /ˈjuk.kɑ/

Derived from the Hebrew name Yoḥanan, meaning "Yahweh is gracious”.

SORSA /ˈsor.sɑ/

A Finnish word meaning ”duck”.

JAAKKO JOKELA

JAAKKO /ˈjɑːk.ko/

Derived from the Hebrew name Yaʿaqov, possibly meaning ”supplanter” or ”may God protect”.

JOKELA /ˈjo.ke.lɑ/

A topographic Finnish surname derived from the Finnish word joki, meaning ”river”.

JESSE VOSS

JESSE /ˈjes.se/

Derived from the Hebrew name Yishai, possibly meaning ”gift” or ”existence”.

VOSS /ˈʋos/

A German surname derived from the Low German word vos, meaning ”fox”.

[fandom-geek]

vaguely fascinated by osana sov's naming choices. she chose for her daughter a name that can mean "bitter (strength)" or "lady" in two ancient languages (hebrew and aramaic) and for her son a name that means "old friend" in another ancient language (old english)

like every other golden age character has a name that's pretty normal by our standards, which tbh includes mara, then osana just names her other kid uldwyn. then again, even osana's name is either a variant of the hebrew hosanna or after an obscure and possibly fictitious old english princess-saint whose name means something along the lines of "godly solitude", so i suppose mara might be considered the odd one out

[shalom-iamcominghome]

I love the people running the Hebrew class because I was telling them about the conversion class that's starting this Thursday and our Hebrew class is that day at that time and they were talking about moving the class time and that I'm their best and most consistent student and maybe they're flattering me but

[bmpmp3]

actually speaking of my name, dara, its like fun because it is just 2 very simple syllables so its in all kinds of languages all across the world as a name and as a word. and like. okay usually it means something super nice like super wise or like a gift or like a leader or awesome tree or awesome pearl or rich or fortunate or whatever, stuff like that. so lemme tell you how awesome it was when i found out in some dialects of japanese it means idiot <3

[hebrewbyinbal]

📢🎉 Ready to learn some basic Hebrew vocabulary?

Join me in my latest video lesson where we'll dive into these essential phrases:

👋 **Hello** -

👋 **Goodbye** -

🙋‍♂️ **How's it going?** -

👍 **Yes** -

👎 **No** -

🙏 **Sorry** -

🙇‍♀️ **Excuse me** -

🙏 **Thank you** -

🙏 **You're welcome** -

Whether you're planning a trip to Israel or just want to impress your friends, these phrases will come in handy! 🌟✨

Don't miss out – let's make learning Hebrew fun and exciting! 🥳📚

[namazunomegami]

Lord of the Flies, Gluttonous Queen, Prince of Filth, Prince of Decay, Goddess of Ekron, Lord of Slander, Queen of Pestilence and Famine, The Rotting One

I Solomon said unto him: “Beelzeboul what is thy employment?” And (s)he answered me: “I destroy kings. I ally myself with foreign tyrants. And my own demons I set on to men, in order that the latter may believe in them and be lost. And the chosen servants of God, priests, and faithful men, I excite unto desires for wicked sins, and evil heresies, and lawless deeds; and they obey me, and I bear them on to destruction. And I inspire men with envy, and desire for murder, and for wars, and sodomy, and other evil things. And I will destroy the world.” - The Testament of Solomon

[transfagholmes]

i told a guy i study ancient greek as a minor and he went "oh, fun fact, did you know that the original language of the bible is greek? all of it was written in greek originally." it's always these encounters that make me want to delete dating apps and never the sexual harassment

[haleviyah]

On this episode of: “Oh, So that’s how screwed we are!”

“Satanic” Edge-Lord: I wonder what the original [Matthew 7:12], Yiddish scripture meant. This is all translated so wrongly.

Me: It's Leviticus 19 and it was written in HEBREW. Yiddish ([a] "bridge" language of German and Hebrew) was created centuries after the expulsion of Ashkenazi Jews from Judea.

“Satanic” Edge-Lord: I thought Yiddish came before Hebrew? Interesting.

Me: [Externally patient] No…

Also me:

[daz4i]

holy shit ao3 updates come in hebrew now. but. since hebrew has gendered second person (like. male/female "you", with the male usually considered the default unless talking to a group of entirely or at least almost entirely ppl who use like. female form of speech for themselves). the translation team made a conscious effort to write everything in aforementioned female "you" and this is lowkey jarring to see ngl

[rotzaprachim]

current method to dip a bit back into modern Hebrew is nothing but filling a cheap drugstore notebook with Hebrew hip hop that I write the lyrics out of stanza by stanza while I listen - no translation, just trying to match the sound of the speech to words and follow along

[eric-the-disposable-demon]

nononononono help help help I just misgendered someone I feel so bad help help help how do people do this on purpose I can't I feel so guilty wtf how do terfs walk this earth without a worry in their mind wtf

[shalom-iamcominghome]

You know, I anticipated learning hebrew in my hebrew class, but what I wasn't anticipating was the rabbi sitting on a book until we responded

"הוא יושב על הספר!"

[coffeeinthelibrary]

my favourite thing to lie about is sometimes i will just tell people i’m bilingual. like if you aren’t fluent but know a language that isn’t very commonly spoken, there’s a 90% chance that you will be the only person in the room with working knowledge of that language. make a grammar mistake? who’s gonna correct you? this never fails to work and makes me laugh every time

[mechanics-of-life]

Language learning January update:

Current priorities -

1) Mandarin (basic fluency, HSK 5)

2) ASL (work through Lingvano app)

3) Toki Pona (learn all 137 words)

4) Hebrew / Arabic (relearn/learn alphabet)

5) Gaelic (start learning again, if I have time)

6) French (work through Duolingo I guess)

Mandarin -

Previous info: Been slowly learning for the last few years (uhh I think it's been like 5 years or so). I know probably around 3000 characters, but I still feel like I don't even have basic fluency somehow.

Goal: Basic fluency by the end of the year, confidence with all HSK 4 and HSK 5 words and grammar structures. Even though my current reading level is closer to the 拼音 books I have, I want to slowly work through the novel I have.

Progress: Trying to read a few pages of a 拼音 book every day, and so far with the novel I'm about 5 sentences in, with 20 new words added to my vocabulary list.

ASL (sign language) -

Previous info: started learning around October last year, working through the Lingvano app. Had a pretty good streak going for awhile but broke the streak and lost motivation sometime in December. Trying to get back into it. I probably know around 300 signs.

Goal: Work through the Lingvano app by the end of the year.

Toki Pona -

Previous info: I know 10 words...

Goals: Learn all the 137 words by the end of the year.

Greek, Gaelic, Latin, French -

Previous info: Greek - tried learning a few years ago, maybe learned about 30 words. Gaelic - started learning 2 years ago, maybe had about 50 words or so. Latin - didn't get far at all, maybe a few words. French - learned it in school up till grade 12, but I've forgotten so much; don't really have the motivation to get back into it, but I really should.

Goals: I guess these are all on hold for now, unless I get my life more organized. Greek probably won't become a priority again for awhile, Latin certainly won't be a priority for a long while unfortunately, but I hope I can get into Gaelic again later in the year if I find some time. French is definitely something I should get back into, ASAP, but the motivation is just not there for it.

Hebrew -

Previous info: I'm a scholar and a weirdo so I wanna work through the original version of the bible and all its biblical hebrew. Learning the language seems "easier" than struggling with just looking the whole thing up word by word. I didn’t get very far, I guess I sort of know the alphabet and probably around 5 words.

Goal: uhhh idk, do better.

Arabic (Egyptian dialect) -

Previous info: just started learning, still trying to work on recognizing the alphabet.

Goal: I want to be able to learn the alphabet and pronunciation by the end of the year. Duolingo can't really help so it's gonna be an uphill battle for this.

Misc -

I guess my other priorities down the line would be Sanskrit and Italian. Sanskrit cause why not, and Italian cause I want to read through the original Dante's Inferno

[hebrewbyinbal]

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