Can you crack the secret code? 01101100 01100101 01110100 00100111 01110011 00100000 01100111 01101111 00100001. Take a short break from the horrors of the world to learn binary!
Read on to find out how it’s done.
I will never forget the day an army doctor told me she was reducing points from my physical profile because my foot is a platypus. I looked down at it, stunned. It did not look like a platypus, and it definitely did not feel like one, but then again, she was a professional.
הידעתם? מקור הביטוי 'שטויות במיץ עגבניות' בכלל לא בעברית! ומה זה בכלל הביטוי המגניב הזה 'אכזבת הפרג'? הוא נשמע כמו הדבר החם הבא, לא? כל התשובות ועוד בכתבה.
English: Brand new, new. French: Neuf, neufs, neuve, neuves, nouveau, nouvel, nouveaux, nouvelle, nouvelles. Oh, and one of those also means “nine,” and two of them mean "news," like, "she watches the news." Haha, good luck!
פרסית היא שפה עתיקה ופואטית, שהשפיעה על שפות רבות לאורך ההיסטוריה, כולל עברית! למעשה, אם אתם דוברי עברית, אתם כבר יודעים יותר פרסית ממה שחשבתם. הנה כמה מילים שהגיעו אלינו מפרסית
English and Swedish derive from the same origin, so it's no wonder that they sometimes come up with the same sounds for words. But the meanings of those words are not always the same...
So you got a job in Israel, mazal tov! That’s very exciting for you. You’re going to hear a lot of new Hebrew slang words around the office, as well as official work phrases and jargon. It’s important to understand what your coworkers are saying — whether it’s during a meeting or even at lunch.
Queen Esther from the Bible wasn’t really called "Esther" -- or was she?
Well, firstly, yes, we know she had two names: a Hebrew one, Hadassah, and a Persian one, Esther. But the way we pronounce the Persian one, “Esther,” (es-ter) is most likely the Hebraicized version of the original Persian. So what was her real name in Persian? And what does the name "Esther" mean?