It seems that there is no word that even roughly translates to “religion” from Biblical Hebrew. “Da’at,” “hanhagah,” “derech,” “mesorah,” none of these work.

Why is there no word for “religion” in Biblical Hebrew, and at the same time Biblical Hebrew is the origin language for the concept people think they’re invoking by using the term “religion”? Is the word “religion” an attempt to obfuscate the fact that people are generally talking about ideas based on Biblical Hebrew (mis)translations?

What does Stephen’s tattoo say?

I am sure there are a lot of grammatical mistakes but I am hoping that at least it’s easy to read…

I encountered this sentence on DuoLingo. I was surprised by the absence of את, “et”.

Ani matzia lecha lilmod Tzarfatit.

אני מציע לך ללמוד צרפתית

“I advise you to study French”.

Why is there no את between ללמוד and צרפתית ? Isn’t “French”, the language, a definite noun? Are languages an exception to the rule that definite nouns require את whenever they’re the direct object of a sentence?

Looking for some help getting the perfect translation of a Ruth Bader Ginsburg quote.

When asked, "When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?" Ginsburg replied, "When there are nine." That's because there had been nine men on the court previously.

Additionally, I'm looking to have this engraved on a Hanukkah menorah, which has nine candles total.

How would you suggest I write "When there are nine" in Hebrew for the menorah?

Hello all, what do you guys use for Hebrew OCR? I tried Google Drive and LLMs and both failed. Before I go the subscription route I would be glad to know if there any one time purchase or even free solutions im not aware of. Thank you for taking the time reading my question!

¡Hola! ❤️
Estoy planeando hacerme un tatuaje con una frase que tiene un significado muy personal y espiritual para mí.
La frase original en español es:
“Que mi corona jamás me haga olvidar ante quién debo arrodillarme.”
En inglés:
“May my crown never make me forget before whom I must kneel.”
La traducción al hebreo que tengo es:
שכתרי לעולם לא ישכיח ממני בפני מי עליי לכרוע ברך.
¿Podría un hablante nativo de hebreo confirmar si esta traducción es gramaticalmente correcta, suena natural y expresa de manera precisa el significado original?
Quiero asegurarme de que cada palabra y cada letra estén bien antes de tatuármelo de forma permanente.
¡Muchísimas gracias por tu ayuda! ❤️

EDIT: Thank you all so much for your comments and advice!
I understand why many of you suggest keeping the phrase in Spanish, and I truly appreciate your honesty.
Spanish is my native language, and I agree that the phrase is beautiful as it is. However, my interest in Hebrew, and now Aramaic, comes from my Christian faith and my desire to connect the tattoo symbolically to the language and historical world of Jesus.
The crown represents my personal achievements, the struggles I’ve overcome, and everything I’ve worked hard for. But I never want those achievements to make me forget my humility, my faith, or who I kneel before.
For me, the most important part of this tattoo isn’t the crown itself, but remembering that no matter how far I go in life, I should never forget God.
I’m not looking for a different language just because it looks beautiful. I’m looking for something that carries a deeper spiritual meaning for me.
I also understand that some expressions cannot be translated naturally into another language, and I would rather respect the language than tattoo something incorrect.
Thank you again for helping me understand that.

Is Raphaeli a name you hear in Israel? I’ve heard of Raphaela and Raphael which I’m told is Hebrew but what if Raphaeli? Would it work as a name for male or female?

I found it interesting to write sentences in Hebrew.

Does anyone here offer English-to-Hebrew translation services?

I need to translate a love letter/birthday letter.

It’s a one-page letter, and I don’t want to use AI for this. I’m happy to pay for the service

Thanks for the help in advance!

So I read some stuff (which seemed anti Israel) about Hebrew being artificially re-created. After doing some research, it seems like this is bullshit My understanding now is that it continued to function as a lingua franca of Jewish communities globally even if it wasnt a daily language. People continued to write in it, produce literature, etc.

Is my understanding correct?

And I was wondering, was there any Jewish community globally that continued to use it as a daily, "first language" throughout the centuries.

Hi! I just had a quick question I was hoping someone could answer. I’m a Hebrew learner, and recently I read about a political party which used to exist in Israel: מרצ. However, I was confused as to why it was written מרצ and not מרץ, with the tsade sofit.

I know for words that end in pe/fe, the sofit form is generally not used when the letter is pe and not fe. However, as I understand it, this explanation wouldn’t make sense here because tsade is not on of the begedkefet letters. Can anyone help me understand?

תודה רבה! :)

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text given: רשית

obviously my mind goes immediately to bereshit, this looks like that. So, resh-alef-shin as the root would make sense, but… what do you do when you encounter resh-shin with no alef in between? is this related to that root… How would you translate this word?

very beginner in learning the language here. I must be missing some grammatical idea here, or maybe not?

context is, this is probably garbled hebrew from a source that didn’t have great hebrew BUT i also don’t have good hebrew so, here I am trying to check it out

Working on Aleph Bet Calligraphy and my wife pointed to "Shin" and told me that it was her favorite letter. I wrote her name "Shela Miriam." The stick figure is a "Shin stretch" honoring the guided stretches that my wife helps her massage therapy clients with. The interpretation of Shin reflects my wife's personality and spiritual beliefs.

As a native English speaking Jew with Dyslexia, I’ve never been able to read Hebrew. Could someone please translate the Hebrew on these platters? I found them at the thrift store and thought they would be perfect for shabbos.

Its israeli handwritying,thank you 😊😊😊.You can open the picture to see it more clearly.

Does anyone know what this says? Is it a quote? I can’t even tell what some of the letters are (because they’re so poorly done)