{"id":2268,"date":"2018-06-04T07:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T11:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2018-05-24T11:00:30","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T15:00:30","slug":"hebrew-vocabulary-to-help-you-enjoy-national-book-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/hebrew-vocabulary-to-help-you-enjoy-national-book-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Hebrew Vocabulary to Help You Enjoy National Book Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2269\" style=\"width: 595px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\" wp-image-2269\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20160621_195708-350x204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"585\" height=\"341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20160621_195708-350x204.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20160621_195708-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20160621_195708-1024x597.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 585px) 100vw, 585px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hebrew Book Week in Tel-Aviv 2016 (photo by Ayana)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Every June, Israel celebrates its <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/hebrew-book-week\/\">National Hebrew Book Week<\/a>. For the last 92 years, for one week at the beginning of the summer, the whole country is a big book fair: stalls in every corner, large discounts, public readings and get-togethers with authors. Let\u2019s use this occasion to delve into some literature vocabulary.<\/p>\n<p>Book (masculine) = \u00a0\u05e1\u05b5\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8(se-fer)<\/p>\n<p>Books = \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd (se-fa-rim)<\/p>\n<p>New book = \u05e1\u05b5\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1<\/p>\n<p>Old book = \u05e1\u05b5\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d9\u05b8\u05e9\u05b8\u05c1\u05df<\/p>\n<p>\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05d5\u05ba\u05d4\u05b5\u05d1 \u05dc\u05c5\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05ba\u05d0 \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd.<\/p>\n<p>I love reading books.<\/p>\n<p>\u05e7\u05b8\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9\u05ea\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea\u05b0\u05de\u05d5\u05ba\u05dc \u05e1\u05b5\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1.<\/p>\n<p>I bought a new book yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b5\u05bc\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05df \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05e7\u05b8\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05ea\u05c5\u05d9 \u05d4\u05b8\u05d9\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d8\u05d5\u05ba\u05d1.<\/p>\n<p>The last book I\u2019ve read was really good.<\/p>\n<p>Every year around 35 million \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd are sold in Israel. Only 8% of them are in the stalls of the Hebrew book week, while 80% are sold in book stores. \u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea (pronounced as ha-nut) is a feminine noun, meaning \u201cstore\u201d. \u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd is a construct state meaning \u201cbook store\u201d. Its plural form is \u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd. When the context is clear, and the reference to a book store or book stores is obvious, then the second part of the construct state can be omitted. Like in this advertisement of the autobiography of the former prime minister of Israel, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ehud_Olmert\">Ehud Olmert<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2270\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20180415_195403-256x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"256\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20180415_195403-256x350.jpg 256w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20180415_195403-768x1049.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/20180415_195403-750x1024.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 256px) 100vw, 256px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05bc\u05dc\u05b7\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d7\u05d5\u05bc\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b7\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05e7\u05b0\u05d8\u05b7\u05e0\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4.<\/p>\n<p>A small book store<\/p>\n<p>\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05c5\u05d9 \u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05d1\u05b5\u05d3 \u05d1\u05b0\u05bc\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05d2\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05d5\u05ba\u05dc\u05b8\u05d4.<\/p>\n<p>I work in a big book store.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05b8\u05e7\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05e0\u05c5\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b6\u05dc \u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd.<\/p>\n<p>The copies were sent to the book stores.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd sell the books, but advertising is controlled by the publishing house. The Hebrew word for publishing house is another feminine construct state consists of the word \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 (meaning \u201cpublishing\u201d) and \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd (meaning \u201cbooks\u201d). Together it creates the construct state \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd (pronounced as o-tza-at se-fa-rim).<\/p>\n<p>\u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05c2\u05b0\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd.<\/p>\n<p>There are many publishing houses in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d4\u05d5\u05b9\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b7\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05e4\u05bc\u05c5\u05e8\u05b0\u05e1\u05b0\u05de\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d4\u05d5\u05ba\u05d3\u05b8\u05e2\u05b7\u05ea \u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea.<\/p>\n<p>The publishing house published an apology notice.<\/p>\n<p>It doesn\u2019t matter how long does it took to write the \u05e1\u05b5\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8, or how many readers\u2019 lives it touched. Nowadays, success of a book is ranked only by the number of copies that have been sold. The Hebrew word for copy is \u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05b6\u05e7 (pronounced as o-tek), a singular masculine noun; \u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05b8\u05e7\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd (pronounced as o-ta-kim) is its plural form. \u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd keep many \u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05b8\u05e7\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd of the best seller books, but their inventory includes varied genres and kinds. Their \u05de\u05b0\u05dc\u05b7\u05d0\u05d9 (means \u201cinventory\u201d, or \u201cstock\u201d; pronounced as me-lay) includes: children books, cooking books, fiction, nonfiction, and so on.<\/p>\n<p>\u05d9\u05b5\u05e9\u05c1 \u05dc\u05c5\u05d9 \u05e8\u05b7\u05e7 \u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05b6\u05e7 \u05d0\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3 \u05e9\u05b6\u05c1\u05dc \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b5\u05bc\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b7\u05d6\u05bc\u05b6\u05d4.<\/p>\n<p>I have only one copy of this book.<\/p>\n<p>\u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05de\u05bc\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05b8\u05e7\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05de\u05b5\u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b5\u05bc\u05e4\u05b6\u05e8 \u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e0\u05c5\u05de\u05b0\u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05bc?<\/p>\n<p>How many copies of the new book have been sold?<\/p>\n<p>One of the new books that have been sold this year was the biography of Israel prime minister <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Benjamin_Netanyahu\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a>, written by Ben Kaspit. The publishing house advertised its new book in a guise of an apology notice. The red big title says \u201capology\u201d (\u05d4\u05b4\u05ea\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05e6\u05bc\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc\u05ea), but the advertising context acclaims the book, by indicating its great sales. The book is such a success, that the book stores can\u2019t keep it in stock. Now, after we\u2019ve learned the relevant literary vocabulary, could you read this ad?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2271\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-257x350.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"257\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-257x350.jpg 257w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u05e2\u05b5\u05e7\u05b6\u05d1 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b4\u05d9\u05e7\u05bc\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05d1\u05d5\u05b9\u05d4\u05bc\u05b7 \u05d0\u05b7\u05d6\u05b0\u05dc\u05d5\u05bc \u05d4\u05b8\u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea\u05b8\u05e7\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc \u05e1\u05c5\u05e4\u05b0\u05e8\u05d5\u05ba \u05d4\u05b6\u05d7\u05b8\u05d3\u05b8\u05e9\u05c1 \u05e9\u05c1\u05b6\u05dc \u05d1\u05bc\u05b5\u05df \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05e4\u05c5\u05bc\u05d9\u05ea \u05d1\u05bc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b5\u05dc\u05b6\u05e7 \u05d2\u05bc\u05b8\u05d3\u05d5\u05ba\u05dc \u05de\u05b5\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b0\u05bc\u05e4\u05b8\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u05d4\u05b7\u05d4\u05d5\u05ba\u05e6\u05b8\u05d0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05e2\u05d5\u05ba\u05e9\u05c2\u05b8\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05de\u05b8\u05e6\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b7\u05d1\u05bc\u05c5\u05d9\u05e8\u05c5\u05d9\u05dd \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d3\u05b5\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05d7\u05b7\u05d3\u05b5\u05bc\u05e9\u05c1 \u05d0\u05b6\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05de\u05b0\u05bc\u05dc\u05b7\u05d0\u05d9 \u05d1\u05bc\u05b8\u05d7\u05b2\u05e0\u05d5\u05bc\u05d9\u05d5\u05ba\u05ea \u05db\u05bc\u05b0\u05d1\u05b8\u05e8 \u05dc\u05b4\u05e7\u05b0\u05e8\u05b7\u05d0\u05ea \u05e1\u05d5\u05b9\u05e3 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05c1\u05b8\u05bc\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e2\u05b7 \u05d4\u05b7\u05e7\u05b8\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A little taste from the Hebrew book week 2013 in Tel-Aviv:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u05e1\u05d8\u05d5\u05e4\u05de\u05d5\u05e9\u05df - \u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2 \u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8 \u05d1\u05db\u05d9\u05db\u05e8 \u05e8\u05d1\u05d9\u05df 2013\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-TQKrh5b3Nc?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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">Keep Calm and Learn Hebrew<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\"><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"257\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-257x350.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-257x350.jpg 257w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-768x1045.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8-752x1024.jpg 752w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/34\/2018\/05\/\u05e9\u05d1\u05d5\u05e2-\u05d4\u05e1\u05e4\u05e8.jpg 1696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 257px) 100vw, 257px\" \/><p>Every June, Israel celebrates its National Hebrew Book Week. For the last 92 years, for one week at the beginning of the summer, the whole country is a big book fair: stalls in every corner, large discounts, public readings and get-togethers with authors. Let\u2019s use this occasion to delve into some literature vocabulary. Book (masculine)&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/hebrew-vocabulary-to-help-you-enjoy-national-book-week\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":2271,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2268","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268","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=2268"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2291,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2268\/revisions\/2291"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/hebrew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}