{"id":2003,"date":"2017-08-07T06:00:09","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T10:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=2003"},"modified":"2017-11-04T15:03:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-04T19:03:19","slug":"the-days-of-the-week-in-hebrew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/the-days-of-the-week-in-hebrew\/","title":{"rendered":"The Days of the Week in Hebrew"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Hebrew days are numeral. Their names are count off their order: the first day of the week is called first day, the following day is called second day, and so on for the next four days. The counting includes only six days. The seventh day of the week is the only one without numeral meaning in its name. But let’s take it day by day, and start from the beginning:<\/p>\n

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Sunday – \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first day of the work week in Israel is not Monday, but Sunday (\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df). \u05e8\u05c5\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df means first, and it’s the first day of God’s creation of the world: \u201fAnd God called the light day, and the darkness He called night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.\u201d (Genesis, chapter 1, 5).<\/p>\n

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Monday – \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9<\/strong><\/p>\n

The phrase \u201fEverybody hates Monday\u201d doesn’t ring true in Israel. As the second day of the week \u2013 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u2013 it doesn’t bear such resentment. But \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df does. And we have a different phrase for that, a military slang actually, since no soldier likes returning to base after the weekend. Soldiers call it \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0’. \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea is a slang for depression, gloom; and \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0’ means \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df. It’s originally a military slang, but it’s part of every one’s life: students, workers, anyone who doesn’t plan a trip to Vegas on \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b4\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df. I spotted two interesting articles in Hebrew, advising ways to deal with \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05d6\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0’: one for soldiers<\/a> and one for working adults<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Tuesday – \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9<\/strong><\/p>\n

When God created the world, He blessed His creations. For example, He blessed the light He created at the first day: \u201fThat it was good\u201d (Genesis, chapter 1, 4). God blessed His creations for everyday of the week, except for \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9. On the third day God blessed twice: \u201fAnd God called the dry land Earth … and God saw that it was good … And the earth brought forth grass … and God saw that it was good. And there was evening and there was morning, a third day\u201d (Genesis, chapter 1 10-13).<\/p>\n

This biblical segment originated the Hebrew phrase: \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05c5\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05c5\u05d9 \u05e4\u05bc\u05b7\u05e2\u05b8\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05c5\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1. It literally means: Tuesday twice good. It’s a well-known phrase among Hebrew speakers, and we often use it. Usually when inviting people to gather or celebrate something on \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05b4\u05d9 we’ll insert this phrase to the invitation. And even when speaking casually about this day, we use this phrase frequently.<\/p>\n

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Wednesday – \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b4\u05d9<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you already noticed another way to count the days in Hebrew is with letters. The days named by the first six following letters of the Aleph-Bet:<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05c5\u05d0\u05e9\u05c1\u05d5\u05b9\u05df is \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d0’<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b5\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9 is \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d1’<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b0\u05dc\u05c5\u05d9\u05e9\u05c1\u05c5\u05d9 is \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d2’<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05c5\u05d9\u05e2\u05c5\u05d9 is \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d3’<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d7\u05b2\u05de\u05c5\u05d9\u05e9\u05c5\u05c1\u05d9 is \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d4’<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05c5\u05d9\u05e9\u05c5\u05c1\u05d9 is \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05d5’<\/p>\n

\u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea is the most respectful day of the week, and as such we don’t tag a letter to it. It stands by itself: \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05ea.<\/p>\n

Note: we use this way of counting the days only on written language. Spoken language uses the numeral counting of the days.<\/p>\n

A good way to memorize it is by singing along with the children song \u05de\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05de\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e4\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9\u05d2\u05b8’\u05de\u05b8\u05d4:<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eKV8c_eB9oE<\/p>\n

\u05de\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05d5\u05b9\u05d3\u05b5\u05e2\u05b7 \u05de\u05b7\u05d3\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d5\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05de\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05dc\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1\u05b6\u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05b6\u05bc\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e4\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9\u05d2\u05b8’\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 is a nursery rhyme, and yet very popular in Israel. It has even been adapted as a rock version:<\/p>\n