Similar to the Hebrew letter Hei, the Vav is one of a handful of Hebrew letters that has its own meaning. When attached to the beginning of a word, the Vav has the meaning of “and.” For example, the word “zeh” (זה) means “this,” and if we make the word “v’zeh”...
Knowing the nuances of how a word or letter is pronounced will also help you to understand spoken Hebrew better.No worries if this feels hard; you’re learning, and with our help at HebrewPod101, you will not have a problem with mispronunciation if you follow our advice and examples ...
The logic of Hebrew is that if you can recognize the root in Hebrew, and learn its meaning, then even when you see a word with that three-letter root that you do not know, you can figure that it must have some logical relationship to the base meaning of that root; in the above cas...
When you’ve done that, go ahead and find the word we learned meaning “appointed time” and take a look at the ways it’s used in other verses. Then look up the word we learned for why. HINT:Lamahis not an independent word, so you’ll need to look upma,meaning “what,” and t...
rabbi or ge'oˆnenuˆ (30). Saphir was unexpectedly supported by Dr. Rabbi Eli'ezer Mordechei Halevi from London who examined the Hebrew epitaphs in the British Museum. Dr. Halevi wrote a letter to Yehi'el Brill, the editor of the newspaper ha-Libanon which was published with the ...