Hebrew Anywhere

Ru'ach, a Semitic word familiar to us from Arabic as well. At its core stands the movement of air, it is the western, or easterly wind, and just a blowing wind, and in English: wind. But, Ru'ach -רוח in Hebrew also means spirit. This air movement allows us to exist, and thus 'spirit' has become synonymous with the human soul, our non-physical element.
In English the word spirit, is related in its incarnation to the breath. Spiritus in Latin is breath, spirare means to breathe. In Hebrew- 'neshima' The one who dies receives a soul candle,- 'Ner neshama' נר נשמה and appears in our dreams as a ghost, called in Hebrew 'Ru'ach refa'im'- רוח רפאים

Barak- not Barack Obama- In Hebrew Barak means lightning. Lightning appears in the Bible 21 times. In half of them it describes the phenomenon of nature and in some cases it is associated with glow or glitter. 'Lightning' is derived from the common Semitic root in Barak which means light, or glow.
The verb to shine - 'lehavrik' - להבריק, which has been given a modern extension: brilliant -'mavrik' -is an outstanding person in his field, with original ideas
Brilliant in Hebrew- 'mavrick' - מבריק.
The gemstone Emerald in Hebrew is 'Bareket' ברקת. In Ezekiel it is written 'Bareket' .

Barad - hail- was one of the ten plagues of Egypt. The word is common to several Semitic languages. For example; In Aramaic: בָּרְדָּא- 'barda'.
In Arabic -بَارِد (בָּארִד) -,'bard'- which means cold.
In Amharic- በረዶ בֲּרדַ- 'barda' which means ice.
In modern Hebrew it means hail when we talk about the weather. But it can also mean the yummy dessert -slushy!!

In the winter, when we get a lot of 'geshem' (rain), we sometimes get 'hatzafa' -flood. It's never fun and can be dangerous.
The root of the word 'hatzafa' is צ.ו.פ which means to float. So for example, floaties for kids in Hebrew - 'Matzofin' מצופים. Can you hear the similarity in these words- hatzafa and matzofim?

Storms in Israel are not as dramatic as storms are in other places in the world. Yes, it can be windy and/or rainy, but nothing too big. After experiencing a few storms in the States and even a summer storm, I'm ok with storms here in Israel. The main problem we have if we have a big 'Se'ara' here in Israel is flooding in the cities. We're not used to big quantities of Geshem (rain) and when it happens, flooding is usually a problem!
Do you know how to say flood in Hebrew?
(stay tuned - tomorrow you will :)

I'm cold! קר לי. 'Kar' - cold. 'Li'- to me. The preposition 'Le,- ל in Hebrew means - To
When we conjugate 'Le' with pronouns it will mean to me , to you..
For example:
To me- 'Li' לי
To us- 'Lanu'- לנו
To you girl- 'Lach' - לך
To you boy- 'Lecha' לך