{"id":1766,"date":"2016-09-03T05:44:19","date_gmt":"2016-09-03T09:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2016-09-05T10:59:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T14:59:13","slug":"learning-hebrew-through-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/learning-hebrew-through-songs\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Hebrew Through Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;On the Way Home&#8221; (\u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4) is one of my favorite Israeli songs. It was written and composed in 1998 by Israel Bright (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05d8), the soloist of Ha`semahot band (\u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea).<\/p>\n<p>18 years later, I&#8217;m still enjoying the relaxed vibe of the song.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea - \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DgWYCnuLqcM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[The link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DgWYCnuLqcM].<\/p>\n<p>The lyrics:<\/p>\n<p><u>\u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4 \/ \u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea<\/u><\/p>\n<p>\u05de\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05dc\u05d7\u05df : \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05d8<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0<br \/>\n\u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05e9\u05de\u05d7<br \/>\n\u05de\u05e9\u05d5\u05d2\u05e2 \u05e2\u05dc \u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05e8\u05d0\u05e9<br \/>\n\u05d4\u05e0\u05d4 \u05d1\u05d0\u05ea<br \/>\n\u05d4\u05e8\u05d2\u05e2 \u05e9\u05dc\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d1\u05d9\u05d7\u05d3<br \/>\n\u05de\u05ea\u05d7\u05d9\u05dc \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05d3<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u05de\u05e9\u05d7\u05e8\u05e8<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05d7\u05dd \u05d1\u05d1\u05d8\u05df<br \/>\n\u05db\u05d9 \u05de\u05d0\u05d6 \u05d9\u05e8\u05d3\u05d5 \u05d2\u05e9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd<br \/>\n\u05d5\u05e2\u05db\u05e9\u05d9\u05d5 \u05d4\u05db\u05dc \u05d1\u05d9\u05e0\u05d9\u05e0\u05d5<br \/>\n\u05db\u05dc \u05d4\u05d9\u05de\u05d9\u05dd \u05d4\u05d2\u05e2\u05d2\u05d5\u05e2\u05d9\u05dd<br \/>\n\u05d0\u05d6 \u05d1\u05d5\u05d0\u05d9 \u05e0\u05e2\u05e6\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d4\u05d6\u05de\u05df<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4 \u05d0\u05ea \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8\u05ea<br \/>\n\u05d1\u05e1\u05d5\u05e3 \u05e2\u05d5\u05d3 \u05d9\u05d4\u05d9\u05d4 \u05dc\u05e0\u05d5 \u05d8\u05d5\u05d1<br \/>\n\u05d0\u05e0\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05de\u05e8 \u05dc\u05da<br \/>\n\u05e2\u05d3 \u05d4\u05d1\u05d5\u05e7\u05e8 \u05d4\u05db\u05d0\u05d1 \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4 \u05d9\u05d7\u05dc\u05d5\u05e3<br \/>\n\u05d0\u05ea \u05de\u05d7\u05e9\u05d1\u05ea \u05db\u05de\u05d4 \u05d6\u05de\u05df \u05db\u05d1\u05e8<br \/>\n\u05d4\u05e1\u05d9\u05e4\u05d5\u05e8 \u05d4\u05d6\u05d4 \u05de\u05de\u05e9\u05d9\u05da<br \/>\n\u05dc\u05d0 \u05dc\u05d0 \u05e0\u05d2\u05de\u05e8<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Composed of only 62 words and a slow melody, it&#8217;s a good song for practicing Hebrew. We already learned the word <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/the-girls-are-back-the-gilmore-girls-reunion-cheers-up-israeli-girls\/\">time \u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05df<\/a>, and even discussed its abilities. Moment \u05e8\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 (Re-ga) is another word to describe \u05d6\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05df. It means: a moment, a short fraction of time. And we can use it in various ways. For example:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc\u05b8\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05d3 \u05de\u05b7\u05ea\u05b0\u05d7\u05c5\u05d9\u05dc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05e7\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3<\/p>\n<p>Ha-re-ga she-la-nu mat-hil be-ri-kud<\/p>\n<p>Our moment together starts with a dance<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05d3 \u05e8\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05e7\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05d4<\/p>\n<p>Od re-ga be-va-ka-sha<\/p>\n<p>One moment please<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u05d7\u05b7\u05db\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05dc\u05c5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2<\/p>\n<p>Ha-ke li re-ga<\/p>\n<p>Wait for me one moment<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05d5\u05bc\u05d0 \u05d4\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d2\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1 \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05b9 \u05e0\u05b5\u05e6\u05b7\u05d7<\/p>\n<p>Ha-re-ga ha-hu ir-gish ke-mo ne-tzah<\/p>\n<p>That moment felt like eternity<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05d3 \u05e8\u05b6\u05d2\u05b7\u05e2 \u05d9\u05c5\u05ea\u05b0\u05d2\u05b7\u05bc\u05dc\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05bc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3<\/p>\n<p>Od re-ga it-ga-le ha-sod<\/p>\n<p>In one moment the secret will be revealed<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nowadays you can barely hear this song on the radio, but it is still very popular as a background song at restaurants and events. If you are in a calm mood, put this song on and hum along. If you are not, put this song on and see how quickly it relax you. Works every time \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;On the Way Home&#8221; (\u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4) is one of my favorite Israeli songs. It was written and composed in 1998 by Israel Bright (\u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc \u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05d9\u05d8), the soloist of Ha`semahot band (\u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea). 18 years later, I&#8217;m still enjoying the relaxed vibe of the song. [The link:\u00a0https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DgWYCnuLqcM]. The lyrics: \u05d1\u05d3\u05e8\u05da \u05d4\u05d1\u05d9\u05ea\u05d4 \/ \u05d4\u05e9\u05de\u05d7\u05d5\u05ea \u05de\u05d9\u05dc\u05d9\u05dd \u05d5\u05dc\u05d7\u05df : \u05d9\u05e9\u05e8\u05d0\u05dc&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/learning-hebrew-through-songs\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1773,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions\/1773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}