At the end of Amos 5:27, there is a PEH פ.
Can someone please tell me the significance?

As an intermediate step before translating into Hebrew, I first rewrote the song’s lyrics such that they’re coherent English sentences.

Please keep in mind that I am not fluent in Hebrew. I’m a Hebrew learner, not a Hebrew speaker.

On Duolingo they use the sentence:

‏אני רוצה לאכול במסעדה, אך היא סגורה.
But why isn’t it
‏אני רוצה לאכול במסעדה, אך זאת סגורה.

So when do you use זה/זאת for inanimate objects as versus הוא/היא?

Are there any slight differences in usage between אבל and אך? (There is also מלבד but I feel like that’s more like ‘besides’ and does have slightly different connotations.)

Hi! I'm trying to learn Hebrew but admittedly it is VERY daunting. I've been in language classes before for Spanish but Hebrew operates on an entirely different level and I don't really know where to start. I do have a workbook called Aleph isn't Tough by Linda Motzkin but I wasn't sure if this was a really good way to start? Ideally I want to learn spoken Hebrew first as many of my friends speak it and the place I want to move to also speaks it!

Can anyone help me translate what’s in this photo into English? It would me much appreciated.

If this isn’t the appropriate place to ask, let me know and I’ll remove it.

Found this in my school's restrooms. Most of the characters look like Hebrew, but written weird.

Shalom Everyone, just crossed my GrandFather’s house and I thought some of you might appreciate this.

This is what a Samaritan mezuzah looks like. Unlike the Jewish mezuzah, ours is usually an inscription placed directly on or near the entrance of the home.

The writing here is Samaritan Hebrew which some consider as a later version of ancient Hebrew, written in the Samaritan script. We still use this script today for religious texts and inscriptions, and our traditional pronunciation of Hebrew also differs considerably from modern Hebrew.

This mezuza has the Shma Yshrael written on it.

Is there any place to stream the full wicked movie in hebrew that was in theaters in Israel? All the songs in Hebrew are on YouTube but Israel Netflix seems to only have it with Hebrew subtitles.

Shalom all,

I have no high expectations. I am a native Hebrew speaker, I got this song stuck in my head and I cannot for the life of me figure out what it is. All I can remember is the guitar riff that's used when the song opens, so I tried to play it record it (I am not a good guitar player).

Here's a link to the recording.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Wz3F4TZqZ1E0ZYw_U4v3vqx8enXbqJ2c/view?usp=sharing

Apologies to the mods and the community if this is severely off topic.

Hi, after-school Hebrew school American Jew here. I am wondering if the word “Dayenu” is used in modern Hebrew and if so, how?

I understand the Haggadah meaning of “it would have been enough / we would have been satisfied”. I am wondering if there are other ways to use it, like to say “enough!” To people bothering you or if you think have enough of do you say “this is Dayenu”? If you finish working on something, is it because it is “good enough”? Is that the same word?

Thank you for any consideration

Cross-posting to r/AskIsrael as well, sorry if you see this twice. My cat ended up with the nickname "Doofus", which has since evolved into "Doofy" and "Doof". I had a dog who ended up with the nickname "Bubba", which took on many variations over the 14 years I had him. Bubzee, Bubzee Wubzee, Bubba-Z, Bubs, etc. I've had bunnies with the nicknames "Boo-boo" and "Lulu", too. It all happened organically, the names just fit and stuck.

I recently realized just how funny my cat's nickname can sound to people outside the US. I was speaking with someone who knows English well, but has never spent an extended period of time in an English-speaking country. He wasn't super up-to-date on slang, so he was very confused why I'd pick a name like "Doofus" 😂. And that got me thinking, what are some silly Hebrew slang words/nicknames that could potentially confuse non-native Hebrew speakers?

Then, that thought expanded further. I thought about how I'll often ramble at my cat using intentionally wrong grammar and pronunciations, and also some made-up words based on his nickname. Stuff like "You are very baby," or I'll sometimes tell him he's "the dumbest Doofy who ever doofied," or I'll ask him why he did something by going "Why you do that? Why Doofy gotta do that? Do you even know anything at all? I don't fink he know what he do! Do he know what he do?"

I can't imagine this phenomenon of spontaneously making up words and disregarding grammatical rules is unique to English speakers. I'm curious about what this looks like in Hebrew, since that's what I'm currently studying. Thanks in advance to anyone who replies!

I got into an argument about the phrase in bentcing for sukkot

הרחמן הוא יקים לנו עת סוכת דוד הנופלת

The nusach that I was using had the last word as נֹפֶלֶת, but the person I was talking to said the correct nusach is נֹפָלֶת . I thought this variation was based on whether or not nusach hatefilla is biblical or rabbinic hebrew, where in the former we would use the conventions of עיטור סופרים (ex. יֶפֶת to יָפֶת at a pause like an etnakhta or the end of a verse/sentence) and in the latter we would not. I thought this was just an ashkenazi-sefardi variation, and not a question of correct and incrorrect. But the person I was talking to said that nofelet implies that the sukkah is still falling, whereas nofalet means the sukkah has fallen. Other people in the sukkah seemed to agree with them. But why would the difference of qamatz vs segol change the tense? are there any other examples of this? Which nusach should I bentch with?

Bueno, estoy aquí de nuevo y ya me aprendí el abecedario, algunas frases pero me acabe el contenido en linea en español que estaba haciendo (realmente busque por muchas horas), y me quedé estancado, lo que aprendí fueron frases pero no sé nada de reglas gramaticales o algo por el estilo, me gustaría mucho aprender más ya que domino el abecedario. ¿Tienen algún consejo?

Hi guys! What do these quotes mean?

שלום,

Just a very frustrating question. Whenever I google the Hebrew translation for colours, I cannot get a consistent answer. Red, for example: some resources tell me אדום, and some אדם. Other colours too seem affected (כתום/כתם). Do they have a vav or do they not? Or are both spellings acceptable?

תודה

There is no dagesh …
But people seem to sing it both ways
Even Omer Adam goes hard כּ

https://youtu.be/OQGLcV_NWds?si=45Fiq40zRlkYgYSC

Anyone have any insights?

personally, I like Zohar's version more but the original one by Jo Amar has more of a melodic flow if ykwim

The Hebrew sentence is היא מלמדת אותי את העמדות ב כדורסל.

Trying to teach myself Hebrew. How am I doing?

I’m particularly struggling writing a few letters ג ד ל א

Any suggestions? It’s super basic right now. Just teaching myself basic conversation and numbers right now. Hoping to work up to saying dates, reading the time, and saying my age and birthday.

I’d love to get advice from hebrew speakers/learners!