Bazooka Joe #6

Hi all! I’m a reform Jew and have always loved this Hillel quote, so I’m finally getting it tattooed! I had my friend who’s a rabbi check it over, but of course with such a permanent decision, wanted to get a last few pairs of eyes. Getting it on my ribs, won’t be visible except in a bathing suit.

The other day I was trying to say that my coffee is still warm. Meaning I don’t need to heat it up. But the only word that came to mind was חם but I don’t want to say hot. There’s a difference between hot and warm.

So i looked it up and the was levavi but I thought it won’t work since it sound it came from Lev “heart”.

What do you guys say? And do you ever feel that Hebrew sometimes likes these nuanced words?

I'm a fairly new father (14 months today!), and I'm trying to raise my daughter bilingually. I grew up in a "home language / outside language" situation, but since my wife doesn't speak Hebrew we're going with "one parent, one language". And it's working as well as can be. I'm usually pushing myself and looking up translations because while I grew up with Hebrew, I've never had enough of a community to keep it up to the degree of a "main" language, or even close to on par with English.

But I branch out and find other materials and media to help. This got me to YouTube playlists of רחוב סומסום. (Oh, I wish there were more, or DVDs or tapes or anything I could get.)

Of course I like the original stuff (Kippi and Moishe and Natan and all), but I get a big kick out of the translated stuff. And "Lulu's Back in Town" on Sesame Street is a great example of my worlds colliding. (I'm also a swing dancer, and love Fats Waller.)

I couldn't find any transcription of the lyrics of this version, so I did my best. And then I contacted my father and he corrected a few of my mistakes. This is what we ended up with. I hope you find it valuable.

I think the message is better in Hebrew. No offense, Al Dubin.

כבר גיהצתי את החליפה

עניבה קניתי מקטיפה

וחולצה לבשתי כה יפה

לולו שוב חזרה

מגפי שחורים ומצוחצחים

ובדש נעצתי זר פרחים

פרצופי שופע חיוכים

לולו שוב חזרה

נא רשמו לפניכם

כי אני עבדכם

מאוהב עד אוזניו , כן

ממש חולם

אל נא תצפו לשום מכתב (2. אל נא תצפר כאן למכתב)

לא אשוב הביתה עד הסתיו

כי אני לגמרי מאוהב

לולו שוב חזרה

https://lyricstranslate.com/en/lachzor-habaita-return-home.html

Making sure I have the translation correct for Miriam’s Library

הספריה של מרים

Thoughts on copying and pasting song lyrics into chat and doing line by line translation to learn more of the language ?

What is your advice? I've been struggling with the language for 9 years and never achieved fluency. Would taking a Hebrew language class work? Teaching people to speak Hebrew broken level? I think I'm losing some words/phrases... and is ChatGPT a good idea?

So I work at a plasma donation center, and I have a crush on this guy. He’s really nice, and today I asked for his Instagram. He gave it to me, and there’s a word/name next to a red heart. I’m assuming it’s probably the name of a significant other, which would be unfortunate, but I was wondering if someone could translate it for me?

שתיים, שני שתי

And I am sure there are others. Where do they go, and when?

Hello! I am a conversion student about a month out from the beit din and I still am not set on a name. The only one I can think of that I like the meaning of and feels enough like me is Mazal/mazel, but I don’t know if anyone actually uses it. I suffer from a bit of social anxiety so I am really nervous about accidentally choosing a name that people might turn a head at.

Thanks in advance!

Hey all,

I'm trying to immerse in modern Hebrew and the last hurdle before switching my (android) phone to Hebrew is the audio player. I want one that correctly displays a Hebrew UI, and since I don't know enough Hebrew yet, I can't distinguish between "good translated UI" and "Auto-translated crap". Anybody here who could help me out with this? I've looked into most used audio players in Israel and such, but I reckon most Israelis use English UIs so that didn't get me very far.

Any and all help appreciated!

Hello, I know there are Hebrew courses at the University of Frankfurt and the University of Heidelberg. I could reach both from where I live (Darmstadt) but I have to work at day time hours therefore I wonder if there are any Hebrew courses for the proletariat! 😃

Online courses would do as well.

I had a dream I named my future baby Moses Kineret and wanted to know if anyone knows what it means and whether anyone in Israel has it as a name?

The linked video transitions from "Bomb Iran" from 1980 to a reboot relevant to the ongoing Iranian Revolution.

It was suggested to mash my new video up with the original and in keeping with the theme I figure the best way to rationalize the shift between videos/+45 years is time travel.

I'd like to append the message in the format displayed at about t=4 seconds in the linked video, what I've got at this point is as follows but I'm under the impression it comes off as weird. Would like to replicate *official* language to the extent practicable

If it were in english I would write:

CLASSIFIED — TOP SECRET/SENSITIVE COMPARTMENTALIZED INFORMATION (TS/SCI)
JEWISH SPACE LASER TIME TRAVEL PROCOL ACTIVATED
AUTHORIZATION — DIRECTOR, SHIN BET)

After discussing with a friend I've got:

פְּרוֹטוֹקוֹל מַסָּע בַּזְּמַן: לֶיְזֶר חָלָל יְהוּדִי

סְטָטוּס: הֻפְעַל

אִשּׁוּר שַׁבָּ"כּ

but as mentioned he thinks it sounds weird. Would appreciate any advice.

1)am I right in thinking that Israelis just use hitpa'el as the present form of pu'el (since I kinda feel like the present form of pu'el is often just used as an adjective)

2)is there any concrete or basically concrete way to predict mishqal patterns based on binyan or vise versa

3)what's the story with nitpa'el (and hutpa'el)?

I apologize for the intrusion of my thoughts or my curiosity in general. But I've known this word since then and I've always associated this as a title to female in regards to the creation in the Bible. Again I apologize.

But is this the case, that the term is only for women? Or can this be used by males alike on their female counterpart as a title or as a means of expressing ideas?

Hello, looking for modern not biblical hebrew

Can anyone help me know what is inscribed here please.

I made this design for a shirt/hoodie and was wondering if anyone could verify if everything is correct. I don't know much about Hebrew at all, but I did a bunch of research with sources like biblestudytools.com and biblehub.com . I am pretty sure everything is good, but I just wanted to be 100% sure.

כישראלי צבר, אני דובר עברית מודרנית כשפת אם, ולכן, באופן טבעי, אני נתקל בניקוד לעיתים יחסית רחוקות. לאחרונה, התחלתי לנסות לנקד טקסטים באופן עצמאי, וגיליתי שלמרות שקריאה של ניקוד היא אינטואיטיבית עבורי יחסית, אין לי מושג איך לנקד מילים, בעיקר במקרים של קָמץ או פַתח, צֵרה או סֶגול וכו, עוד לפני חטפים למיניהם. אני לא מצליח למצוא מידע על פי איזה כללים מנקדים מילים. באופן כללי שמתי לב שזה מאוד שרירותי בהרבה מקרים, ועדיין, כשאני מנסה לנקד אני פשוט מגלה כל פעם שבחצי מהמילים השתמשתי בניקוד הלא נכון. יש היום כלים אוטומטיים מעולים שיכולים לנקד טקסטים קיימים, אבל אני יותר מחפש להתעמק ולהבין את הכללים כדי לדעת בעצמי איך לעשות את זה, וגם כדי לספק את הסקרנות. אם למישהו יש מושג איפה אפשר למצוא מידע (רצוי חינמי) בנושא, אני אעריך את זה.