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Britomartis-the-Valiant Captain
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 Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 7:35 pm
I had my first college class today-- Hebrew!
And I thought I would share this tidbit with the rest of you. In Hebrew, the letters have numerical values and are used instead of numbers (for dates on the calenders and such). When the numbers reach the teens, they said (ten)(one) for eleven with one notable exception. They said (9)(6) instead of (10)(5) because the two letters together, yod and heh are too close to the name of G-d.
And eighteen is a lucky number because it is related to the word for life (if I remember correctly, you get it if you reverse the order). So if you are ever invited to a bar-mitzvah or a bat-mitzvah and you want to give a check, it should be in multiples of eighteen.
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:33 pm
Oh wow thats neat ^^
Hebrew is spoken beautifully, but i could never learn to write it...there is no way XD
Which brings me to a question, are you learning it with their alphabet or a romantization with ours?
Like Chinese has characters but also has Pinyin, which uses the Roman alphabet sweatdrop
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:40 pm
Transliterated Hebrew is much more easy for me to understand (obviously), but oh man, does hebrew ever make me hot ninja
i wear a Chai around my neck at all times ( het and yod) meaning living.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chai_(symbol)
My calendar on both of my Macs is in Hebrew, it's the year 5768!
The number bit only makes sense though, considering it's another language. Just like Roman numbers are different as well.
my father tried to teach me math in roman numerals when I was young.. I was NOT pleased.
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Posted: Tue Aug 26, 2008 11:58 pm
No, we're skipping all the Romanized stuff and I have to memorize both the block and the script alphabets by next week.
And yes, Hebrew is awesome. There was a girl there who had spend six months in Israel and she was practically fluent. It was really neat to hear her chatting with the teacher in Hebrew.
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Britomartis-the-Valiant Captain
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:14 pm
ISRAEL! *sigh*
Even the thought of Israel makes me melt.
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 8:23 pm
In Medias Res II ISRAEL! *sigh* Even the thought of Israel makes me melt.And Hebrew makes you hot XD My father always wanted to visit Jerusalem, awhile ago his brother and 2 friends went - but he couldn't go =/ I have always liked the quote 'Whenever and wherever I stand, I stand with Israel'
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Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:34 am
PiercedPixie2 In Medias Res II ISRAEL! *sigh* Even the thought of Israel makes me melt.And Hebrew makes you hot XD My father always wanted to visit Jerusalem, awhile ago his brother and 2 friends went - but he couldn't go =/ I have always liked the quote 'Whenever and wherever I stand, I stand with Israel'It's true, Hebrew makes me hot. I won't even deny it. It's sad that he couldn't go. Dancing-in-the-streets, her husband and I are going in May
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Posted: Sat Mar 07, 2009 8:41 pm
I kind of want to go to Israel. The problem is, I kind of also want to go to a couple of other areas in the middle east, at least two of which won't let me in if I've got an Israeli stamp in my passport...
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Britomartis-the-Valiant Captain
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Posted: Sun Mar 08, 2009 7:06 pm
lili of the lamplight I kind of want to go to Israel. The problem is, I kind of also want to go to a couple of other areas in the middle east, at least two of which won't let me in if I've got an Israeli stamp in my passport... I think you can ask them to stamp a separate piece of paper and not your passport. Quote: Pay attention to the fact that many Arab and Islamic countries deny entry to any person that has been to Israel. If arriving by air or by sea and wishing to go to Arab states with the same passport, try asking the Israeli immigration officer to put their stamp onto a separate piece of paper. Depending on the current situation, they are often willing to do this. Then you're safe not to be denied entry by the Arab states named above. However, this may not be enough if you've entered Israel by land: in the most paranoid countries (notably Syria and Lebanon, your passport will be scrutinized not only for Israeli stamps, but also neighboring countries' stamps from Israeli land border crossings like Taba (Egypt) and Arava/Aqaba (Jordan). In this case, you'll have to apply for a second passport, which allows you to have an Israeli stamp in one passport and travel to the Arab states with another one. Inquire at your own embassy. It also goes the other way too to some extent. Quote: Depending on the situation, if you have stamps from other Arab countries in your passport, you should expect to be taken to one side (without any explanation) and eventually questioned. This can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours. The key thing to remember is this: if you have nothing to hide, then, other than the inconvenience of questioning, you should have nothing to be worried about.
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Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2009 9:21 pm
Britomartis-the-Valiant lili of the lamplight I kind of want to go to Israel. The problem is, I kind of also want to go to a couple of other areas in the middle east, at least two of which won't let me in if I've got an Israeli stamp in my passport... I think you can ask them to stamp a separate piece of paper and not your passport. Quote: Pay attention to the fact that many Arab and Islamic countries deny entry to any person that has been to Israel. If arriving by air or by sea and wishing to go to Arab states with the same passport, try asking the Israeli immigration officer to put their stamp onto a separate piece of paper. Depending on the current situation, they are often willing to do this. Then you're safe not to be denied entry by the Arab states named above. However, this may not be enough if you've entered Israel by land: in the most paranoid countries (notably Syria and Lebanon, your passport will be scrutinized not only for Israeli stamps, but also neighboring countries' stamps from Israeli land border crossings like Taba (Egypt) and Arava/Aqaba (Jordan). In this case, you'll have to apply for a second passport, which allows you to have an Israeli stamp in one passport and travel to the Arab states with another one. Inquire at your own embassy. It also goes the other way too to some extent. Quote: Depending on the situation, if you have stamps from other Arab countries in your passport, you should expect to be taken to one side (without any explanation) and eventually questioned. This can take anywhere from 10 minutes to several hours. The key thing to remember is this: if you have nothing to hide, then, other than the inconvenience of questioning, you should have nothing to be worried about. Wow, that is creepy =/ This is the sort of thing that makes me hesitant to travel...
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Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 3:00 pm
Another fact:
In germany (don't know if it's also in austria) we wish each other "Einen guten Rutsch", to new years eve. It doesn't mean to "slide" into the new year (to slide=rutschen), it is derived from a hebrew greet "Rosh et shalom" (you may correct me if I misspelled it).
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Posted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:28 am
Verderbnis Another fact: In germany (don't know if it's also in austria) we wish each other "Einen guten Rutsch", to new years eve. It doesn't mean to "slide" into the new year (to slide=rutschen), it is derived from a hebrew greet "Rosh et shalom" (you may correct me if I misspelled it).
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Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2009 3:51 pm
Everyone told me about "Rosh et Shalom", but the "Rosh Hashana" seems closer to that.
There arealso lots ofother words which have their origin in hebrew mainly "bad words" like "Shmock". They're pretty rarely used and quite old fashioned, but people still feel insulted. xd
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:48 am
I always thought "Shmock" came to Hebrew from German. I love using that word, anyway. xd
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